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03 03 01 Waste bark and wood

EWC / List of Waste code · Last checked 21 October 2026 · Applies across the UK (England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)

Not hazardous Absolute non-hazardous entry

Official description: “waste bark and wood”

Where it sits: chapter 03 (wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture, pulp, paper and cardboard), section 03 03 (wastes from pulp, paper and cardboard production and processing).

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 03 03

03 03 02 Green liquor sludge (from recovery of cooking liquor) Not hazardous
03 03 05 De-inking sludges from paper recycling Not hazardous
03 03 07 Mechanically separated rejects from pulping of waste paper and cardboard Not hazardous
03 03 08 Wastes from sorting of paper and cardboard destined for recycling Not hazardous
03 03 09 Lime mud waste Not hazardous
03 03 10 Fibre rejects, fibre-, filler- and coating-sludges from mechanical separation Not hazardous
03 03 11 Sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 03 03 10 Not hazardous
03 03 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.

03 03 01 Waste bark and wood

What the hazard status means

Using this code

Other codes in section 03 03

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