Recovery Operations (R Codes)
R codes cover recovery operations, including recycling, reclamation, energy recovery and some preparatory steps before recovery.
R1
Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy
R2
Solvent reclamation/regeneration
R3
Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes)
R4
Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds
R5
Recycling/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 the waste is produced
Disposal Operations (D Codes)
D codes cover disposal operations, including deposit, treatment, incineration and storage pending final disposal.
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 and oceans
D7
Release into seas or oceans, including sea-bed insertion
D8
Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which 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 in this Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of the operations numbered D1 to D12
For example, evaporation, drying or 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