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Chapter 11: Wastes from chemical surface treatment and coating of metals and other materials; non-ferrous hydro-metallurgy

27 codes, of which 17 are hazardous (marked *). Pick the section that matches where the waste came from, then the code that describes it.

11 01 Wastes from chemical surface treatment and coating of metals and other materials (for example galvanic processes, zinc coating processes, pickling processes, etching, phosphating, alkaline degreasing, anodising)

11 01 05* Pickling acids Hazardous
11 01 06* Acids not otherwise specified Hazardous
11 01 07* Pickling bases Hazardous
11 01 08* Phosphatising sludges Hazardous
11 01 09* Sludges and filter cakes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
11 01 10 Sludges and filter cakes other than those mentioned in 11 01 09 Not hazardous
11 01 11* Aqueous rinsing liquids containing hazardous substances Hazardous
11 01 12 Aqueous rinsing liquids other than those mentioned in 11 01 11 Not hazardous
11 01 13* Degreasing wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
11 01 14 Degreasing wastes other than those mentioned in 11 01 13 Not hazardous
11 01 15* Eluate and sludges from membrane systems or ion exchange systems containing hazardous substances Hazardous
11 01 16* Saturated or spent ion exchange resins Hazardous
11 01 98* Other wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
11 01 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous

11 02 Wastes from non-ferrous hydrometallurgical processes

11 03 Sludges and solids from tempering processes

11 03 01* Wastes containing cyanide Hazardous
11 03 02* Other wastes Hazardous

11 05 Wastes from hot galvanising processes

11 05 01 Hard zinc Not hazardous
11 05 02 Zinc ash Not hazardous
11 05 03* Solid wastes from gas treatment Hazardous
11 05 04* Spent flux Hazardous
11 05 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous

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