European Waste Catalogue
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Use this EWC codes index to find the right European Waste Catalogue entry by waste type, material, process or six-digit code. Browse all 842 codes across 20 chapters, search directly if you know the term or number, or work through the chapter and subchapter hierarchy to reach the correct classification page faster.
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Wastes from wood processing and the production of panels and furniture, pulp, paper and cardboard
3 subchapters available
Open chapterWastes from inorganic chemical processes
12 subchapters available
Open chapterWastes from organic chemical processes
7 subchapters available
Open chapterWastes from the photographic industry
1 subchapters available
Open chapterWastes from thermal processes
14 subchapters available
Open chapterOil wastes and wastes of liquid fuels (except edible oils, and those in chapters 05, 12 and 19)
7 subchapters available
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