Chapter 19: Wastes from waste management facilities, off-site waste water treatment plants and the preparation of water intended for human consumption and water for industrial use
99 codes, of which 40 are hazardous (marked *). Pick the section that matches where the waste came from, then the code that describes it.
19 01 Wastes from incineration or pyrolysis of waste
- 19 01 02 Ferrous materials removed from bottom ash Not hazardous
- 19 01 05* Filter cake from gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 06* Aqueous liquid wastes from gas treatment and other aqueous liquid wastes Hazardous
- 19 01 07* Solid wastes from gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 10* Spent activated carbon from flue-gas treatment Hazardous
- 19 01 11* Bottom ash and slag containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 12 Bottom ash and slag other than those mentioned in 19 01 11 Not hazardous
- 19 01 13* Fly ash containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 14 Fly ash other than those mentioned in 19 01 13 Not hazardous
- 19 01 15* Boiler dust containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 16 Boiler dust other than those mentioned in 19 01 15 Not hazardous
- 19 01 17* Pyrolysis wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 01 18 Pyrolysis wastes other than those mentioned in 19 01 17 Not hazardous
- 19 01 19 Sands from fluidised beds Not hazardous
- 19 01 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 02 Wastes from physico/chemical treatments of waste (including dechromatation, decyanidation, neutralisation)
- 19 02 03 Premixed wastes composed only of non-hazardous wastes Not hazardous
- 19 02 04* Premixed wastes composed of at least one hazardous waste Hazardous
- 19 02 05* Sludges from physico/chemical treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 06 Sludges from physico/chemical treatment other than those mentioned in 19 02 05 Not hazardous
- 19 02 07* Oil and concentrates from separation Hazardous
- 19 02 08* Liquid combustible wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 09* Solid combustible wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 10 Combustible wastes other than those mentioned in 19 02 08 and 19 02 09 Not hazardous
- 19 02 11* Other wastes containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 02 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 03 Stabilised/solidified wastes
- 19 03 04* Wastes marked as hazardous, partly stabilised other than 19 03 08 Hazardous
- 19 03 05 Stabilised wastes other than those mentioned in 19 03 04 Not hazardous
- 19 03 06* Wastes marked as hazardous, solidified Hazardous
- 19 03 07 Solidified wastes other than those mentioned in 19 03 06 Not hazardous
- 19 03 08* Partly stabilised mercury Hazardous
19 04 Vitrified waste and wastes from vitrification
- 19 04 01 Vitrified waste Not hazardous
- 19 04 02* Fly ash and other flue-gas treatment wastes Hazardous
- 19 04 03* Non-vitrified solid phase Hazardous
- 19 04 04 Aqueous liquid wastes from vitrified waste tempering Not hazardous
19 05 Wastes from aerobic treatment of solid wastes
- 19 05 01 Non-composted fraction of municipal and similar wastes Not hazardous
- 19 05 02 Non-composted fraction of animal and vegetable waste Not hazardous
- 19 05 03 Off-specification compost Not hazardous
- 19 05 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 06 Wastes from anaerobic treatment of waste
- 19 06 03 Liquor from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste Not hazardous
- 19 06 04 Digestate from anaerobic treatment of municipal waste Not hazardous
- 19 06 05 Liquor from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste Not hazardous
- 19 06 06 Digestate from anaerobic treatment of animal and vegetable waste Not hazardous
- 19 06 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 07 Landfill leachate
19 08 Wastes from waste water treatment plants not otherwise specified
- 19 08 01 Screenings Not hazardous
- 19 08 02 Waste from desanding Not hazardous
- 19 08 05 Sludges from treatment of urban waste water Not hazardous
- 19 08 06* Saturated or spent ion exchange resins Hazardous
- 19 08 07* Solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers Hazardous
- 19 08 08* Membrane system waste containing heavy metals Hazardous
- 19 08 09 Grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation containing only edible oil and fats Not hazardous
- 19 08 10* Grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation other than those mentioned in 19 08 09 Hazardous
- 19 08 11* Sludges containing hazardous substances from biological treatment of industrial waste water Hazardous
- 19 08 12 Sludges from biological treatment of industrial waste water other than those mentioned in 19 08 11 Not hazardous
- 19 08 13* Sludges containing hazardous substances from other treatment of industrial waste water Hazardous
- 19 08 14 Sludges from other treatment of industrial waste water other than those mentioned in 19 08 13 Not hazardous
- 19 08 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 09 Wastes from the preparation of water intended for human consumption or water for industrial use
- 19 09 01 Solid waste from primary filtration and screenings Not hazardous
- 19 09 02 Sludges from water clarification Not hazardous
- 19 09 03 Sludges from decarbonation Not hazardous
- 19 09 04 Spent activated carbon Not hazardous
- 19 09 05 Saturated or spent ion exchange resins Not hazardous
- 19 09 06 Solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers Not hazardous
- 19 09 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 10 Wastes from shredding of metal-containing wastes
- 19 10 01 Iron and steel waste Not hazardous
- 19 10 02 Non-ferrous waste Not hazardous
- 19 10 03* Fluff-light fraction and dust containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 10 04 Fluff-light fraction and dust other than those mentioned in 19 10 03 Not hazardous
- 19 10 05* Other fractions containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 10 06 Other fractions other than those mentioned in 19 10 05 Not hazardous
19 11 Wastes from oil regeneration
- 19 11 01* Spent filter clays Hazardous
- 19 11 02* Acid tars Hazardous
- 19 11 03* Aqueous liquid wastes Hazardous
- 19 11 04* Wastes from cleaning of fuel with bases Hazardous
- 19 11 05* Sludges from on-site effluent treatment containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 11 06 Sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 19 11 05 Not hazardous
- 19 11 07* Wastes from flue-gas cleaning Hazardous
- 19 11 99 Wastes not otherwise specified Not hazardous
19 12 Wastes from the mechanical treatment of waste (for example sorting, crushing, compacting, pelletising) not otherwise specified
- 19 12 01 Paper and cardboard Not hazardous
- 19 12 02 Ferrous metal Not hazardous
- 19 12 03 Non-ferrous metal Not hazardous
- 19 12 04 Plastic and rubber Not hazardous
- 19 12 05 Glass Not hazardous
- 19 12 06* Wood containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 12 07 Wood other than that mentioned in 19 12 06 Not hazardous
- 19 12 08 Textiles Not hazardous
- 19 12 09 Minerals (for example sand, stones) Not hazardous
- 19 12 10 Combustible waste (refuse derived fuel) Not hazardous
- 19 12 11* Other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of waste containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 12 12 Other wastes (including mixtures of materials) from mechanical treatment of wastes other than those mentioned in 19 12 11 Not hazardous
19 13 Wastes from soil and groundwater remediation
- 19 13 01* Solid wastes from soil remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 02 Solid wastes from soil remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 01 Not hazardous
- 19 13 03* Sludges from soil remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 04 Sludges from soil remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 03 Not hazardous
- 19 13 05* Sludges from groundwater remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 06 Sludges from groundwater remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 05 Not hazardous
- 19 13 07* Aqueous liquid wastes and aqueous concentrates from groundwater remediation containing hazardous substances Hazardous
- 19 13 08 Aqueous liquid wastes and aqueous concentrates from groundwater remediation other than those mentioned in 19 13 07 Not hazardous
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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 ↗