Municipal Waste Categories and EWC Codes
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WASTE CATEGORIES TYPICAL EXAMPLES
CODES
ORGANIC WASTE
Bread, fruit, cooked or uncooked food items, meat
20 01 08 Biodegradable kitchen & canteen waste
and fish, pet foods, vegetable skins, tea bags
20 01 25 Vegetable oil Waste cooking oil
Grass and bush cutting, twigs, soil, flowers, leaves,
20 02 01 Biodegradable waste from garden & park
tree branches, weeds
21 01 08 Liquid fit for human consumption Liquid contained in drink and milk containers
PAPERS
Brown or white paper bags, wrapping paper,
15 01 01 Packaging
fast food wrapping, egg cartons
Local and national newspapers,
20 01 01 Newspapers- Brochures newsprint-type advertising publications,
other newsprint
Magazines and ads on glossy paper ,
20 01 01 Magazines & glossy paper
shop catalogues
20 01 01 Office papers Envelopes, letters, print outs
21 01 01 Tissue papers Tissue papers
Till receipts, books, telephone directories,
20 01 01 Other papers Golden Pages, non-glossy junk mail, loose leaf
paper, non-glossy brochures and catalogues
CARDBOARDS
Cornflake boxes, toy boxes, washing powder
15 01 06 Flat Packaging
containers, food containers, cleaning product cartons
Corrugated packaging cardboard used for
15 01 06 Corrugated packaging board
household items packaging (TVs, PCs, furniture)
20 01 01 Other cardboards Birthday cards, postcards, files and folders, tickets
COMPOSITES
Items of furniture, appliance parts, car parts, engine-
15 01 05 Other non-packaging composite
parts, shoes (multi-material only)
15 01 05 Liquid packaging Beverage cartons (Tetrapak)
15 01 05 Other composite packaging Tablets packaging (“Blister packs”)
TEXTILES
15 01 09 Textile Packaging Nets for fruits and vegetables
Rags, household soft furnishings and upholstery,
15 01 09 Textiles Non-Packaging
carpets, curtains, blankets, towels
20 01 11 Clothes Clothes and canvas bags
20 01 11 Healthcare Textiles, disposable nappies Nappies, plasters, sanitary towels, bandages
PLASTICS
20 01 39 PVC packaging Oil bottles, toiletries packaging,
Soft drinks bottles, water bottles, some ice-cream
20 01 39 PET packaging
cartons
Milk, detergent, bottle caps,
20 01 39 PE Jars& Bottles household/pet/garden products, laundry liquid
containers
20 01 39 PS packaging Convenience food packaging (e.g. sushi)
15 01 02 Styrofoam EPS foam (burger boxes, egg cartons)
Plastic shopping bags, fertiliser bags, cling film,
15 01 02 Supermarkets bags and films (PE & PP)
compost/peat-moss bags, sandwich bags,
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cereal packets (inside box), biscuit wrappers
15 01 02 Mixed flexible plastic packaging Crisp packaging, margarine tubs, toothpaste tubes
15 01 02 Mixed Rigid plastic packaging Yoghurt pots without lid, ice creams, CD covers
Refuse bags, Clothes hangers, toys, air freshener
holders, plant pots, seed trays, video cassettes,
20 01 39 Other plastic waste washing up bowls, racks, garden hoses, floor
linoleum (lino), CDs, gardening equipment, hoses,
disposable razor blades, tubes/pumps
GLASS
15 0107 Green Glass packaging Red wine bottles
15 0107 Clear Glass packaging White/Rosé wine and water bottles, jam jars, flasks
15 0107 Brown Glass packaging Beer bottles (e.g. Budweiser), medicine bottles
15 0107 Glass packaging other colours Blue water bottles, medicine bottles
Mirrors, plate glass, flat glass, cookware (pyrex),
20 01 02 Non Packaging glass
mixed broken glass, drinking glasses
METALS
15 01 04 Ferrous metal packaging Beverage and food cans, lids, biscuit containers
Keys, nails, cutlery, paper clips, building/DIY
materials, screws, tools, safety pins, metal shelves,
20 01 40 Other ferrous metal waste
old radiators (many new ones are plastic), pots and
pans, locks
Beverage and food cans, foil sheets and trays,
15 01 04 Aluminium packaging
shoe polish cans
20 01 40 Other aluminium waste Cutlery, household wiring, crockery
15 01 04 Other metal packaging Building/DIY material
Cast items (taps, cooking pans), locks,
20 01 40 Other metal waste
building/DIY material, plumbing, bike parts
WOOD
Bottle corks, cork packaging, pallets, wine presentation
15 01 03 Wood packaging
boxes
Wood fencing, wood from DIY, kitchen units,
20 01 38 Non Packaging wood
particle wood (chipboard, plywood, MDF)
SPECIAL MUNICIPAL WASTE
20 01 27 Paint, ink pastes and resins Paint
20 01 13 Solvents Methylated spirits, glues and solvents, refrigerants
20 01 29 Detergents Bleach
20 01 17 Photochemicals Chemicals for photographic development
20 01 19 Pesticides Garden/household insecticides & weedkiller
Lead acid, nickel cadmium, other car and
20 01 33 Batteries & Accumulators household batteries and accumulators (including
rechargeable batteries)
20 01 21 Fluorescent tubes& bulbs Light bulbs (normal, fluorescent, energy saving)
20 01 99 Aerosols Deodorant, perfume, hairspray
Household appliances (toasters etc), toys, control
21 01 35 Electronic equipment
instruments
20 03 99 Other special domestic waste Medicine, fire extinguishers, motoring products
UNCLASSIFIED COMBUSTIBLES
20 03 99 Unclassified combustibles packaging
Animal hair, contents of vacuum cleaner bags (that had
remained in the bag, as opposed to such contents
20 03 99 Other unclassified combustibles
that form some of the “Fines < 20mm”),
tennis balls, bones, rubber, leather, soap
UNCLASSIFIED INCOMBUSTIBLES
20 03 99 Unclassified incombustibles packaging
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Ceramics, clay plant pots, crockery, stone/ceramic,
20 03 99 Other unclassified incombustibles floor and wall tiles, vases, stones, bricks, cinders,
shells
COMPONENTS SMALLER THAN 20 MM ROUND MESH
20 03 99 Fines smaller than 20mm round Fragments of glass, yard waste, sand, ashes
Table B.2: Waste Recording Master Sheet
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