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05 01 13 Boiler feedwater sludges
Not hazardous Absolute non-hazardous entry
Official description: “boiler feedwater sludges”
Where it sits: chapter 05 (wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolytic treatment of coal), section 05 01 (wastes from petroleum refining).
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 05 01
- 05 01 02* Desalter sludges Hazardous
- 05 01 03* Tank bottom sludges Hazardous
- 05 01 04* Acid alkyl sludges Hazardous
- 05 01 05* Oil spills Hazardous
- 05 01 06* Oily sludges from maintenance operations of the plant or equipment Hazardous
- 05 01 07* Acid tars Hazardous
- 05 01 08* Other tars Hazardous
- 05 01 09* Sludges from on-site effluent treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 05 01 10 Sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 05 01 09 Not hazardous
- 05 01 11* Wastes from cleaning of fuels with bases Hazardous
- 05 01 12* Oil containing acids Hazardous
- 05 01 14 Wastes from cooling columns Not hazardous
- 05 01 15* Spent filter clays Hazardous
- 05 01 16 Sulphur-containing wastes from petroleum desulphurisation Not hazardous
- 05 01 17 Bitumen Not hazardous
- 05 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 ↗