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02 01 06 Animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw), effluent, collected separately and treated off-site
Not hazardous Absolute non-hazardous entry
Official description: “animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw), effluent, collected separately and treated off-site”
Where it sits: chapter 02 (wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, food preparation and processing), section 02 01 (wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing).
What the hazard status means
Waste that matches this description is not hazardous waste. Check that nothing hazardous has been mixed in: a load that contains hazardous waste needs a different code.
Using this code
- Write the code on the paperwork when waste is passed on: a waste transfer note for non-hazardous waste, or a consignment note for hazardous waste (called special waste in Scotland).
- Choose the code from where the waste came from first (the chapter), then what it is. If a load is mixed, you may need more than one code.
- The waste must go to a site whose permit allows that code. A registered carrier can tell you which codes they accept: check a waste carrier.
- Businesses have a duty of care to describe their waste correctly.
Other codes in section 02 01
- 02 01 01 Sludges from washing and cleaning Not hazardous
- 02 01 02 Animal-tissue waste Not hazardous
- 02 01 03 Plant-tissue waste Not hazardous
- 02 01 04 Waste plastics (except packaging) Not hazardous
- 02 01 07 Wastes from forestry Not hazardous
- 02 01 08* Agrochemical waste containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 02 01 09 Agrochemical waste other than those mentioned in 02 01 08 Not hazardous
- 02 01 10 Waste metal Not hazardous
- 02 01 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
This page explains the code in plain English. It is not a classification of your waste. The official List of Waste and the classification guidance decide which code applies, and you are responsible for the code you use.
Official sources
- The List of Waste (Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as it applies in the UK), legislation.gov.uk ↗
- GOV.UK: Classify different types of waste, your legal responsibilities ↗
- GOV.UK: Waste classification technical guidance (WM3) ↗
- Natural Resources Wales: How to classify and assess waste ↗
- SEPA: Waste classification technical guidance (PDF) ↗
- DAERA: Waste classification technical guidance ↗