Disposal and Recovery codes
For every EWC code on a waste movement, you must record at least one treatment route — a D code (disposal) or R code (recovery), with the weight that went down that route.
Recovery codes (R1–R13)
Use a recovery code when waste is converted into something useful — fuel, recycled material, regenerated solvents, etc. Source: Annex II of the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC).
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| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| R1 | Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy. |
| R2 | Solvent reclamation or regeneration. |
| R3 | Recycling or reclamation of organic substances that are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes). |
| R4 | Recycling or reclamation of metals and metal compounds. |
| R5 | Recycling or reclamation of other inorganic materials. |
| R6 | Regeneration of acids or bases. |
| R7 | Recovery of components used for pollution abatement. |
| R8 | Recovery of components from catalysts. |
| R9 | Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil. |
| R10 | Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement. |
| R11 | Use of waste obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 to R10. |
| R12 | Exchange of waste for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11. |
| R13 | Storage of waste pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced). |
Disposal codes (D1–D15)
Use a disposal code when waste is permanently discarded — landfill, incineration without energy recovery, deep injection, etc. Source: Annex I of the Waste Framework Directive.
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| Code | Description |
|---|---|
| D1 | Deposit into or onto land (for example, landfill). |
| D2 | Land treatment (for example, biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils). |
| D3 | Deep injection (for example, injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories). |
| D4 | Surface impoundment (for example, placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons). |
| D5 | Specially engineered landfill (for example, placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment). |
| D6 | Release into a water body except seas or oceans. |
| D7 | Release to seas or oceans, including sea-bed insertion. |
| D8 | Biological treatment not specified elsewhere that results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12. |
| D9 | Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere that results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 (for example, evaporation, drying, calcination). |
| D10 | Incineration on land. |
| D11 | Incineration at sea. |
| D12 | Permanent storage (for example, emplacement of containers in a mine). |
| D13 | Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D12. |
| D14 | Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D13. |
| D15 | Storage pending any of the operations numbered D1 to D14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced). |