EWC Code 01 05 99: Wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals, drilling muds and other drilling wastes, wastes not otherwise specified
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Use EWC code 01 05 99 when the waste stream matches this description in practice: and physical and chemical treatment of minerals, drilling muds and other drilling wastes, wastes not otherwise specified.This is an absolute non-hazardous entry, so there is no paired mirror code to review. Producers may also describe this waste as Borehole Waste, Drill Cuttings, Drilling Debris, Drilling Mud.
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Note a
Note ‘a’ : These entries are assigned by · Type of drilling mud, and · Hazardous substances present Where the drilling mud/fluid has an oil base, the drilling mud and any associated drilling wastes are classified under 01 05 05*, and are hazardous waste. Barite or chloride based drilling muds and any associated drilling wastes are part of a mirror entry and are only hazardous (classified as 01 05 06*) if they display a hazardous property or contain POPs
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These sibling codes share the same 01 05 subchapter.
drilling muds and other drilling wastes, freshwater drilling muds and wastes
drilling muds and other drilling wastes, oil-containing drilling muds and wastes
drilling muds and other drilling wastes, drilling muds and other drilling wastes containing hazardous substances
barite-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06
chloride-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06