What Waste Code
16 02 09*pNote p. Note ‘p’: 16 02 09* and 16 02 10* are used when PCBs are present at a concentration of equal to or greater than 50 mg/kg (0.005%). If not, the other entries in this sub-chapter can be considered.

EWC Code 16 02 09*: Wastes not otherwise specified in the list, wastes from electrical and electronic equipment, transformers and capacitors containing PCBs

Also known as

Capacitor DisposalCapacitor WasteCapacitors (With Pcbs Or Pcts)Circuit Board WasteE WasteE-WasteElectrical WasteElectronic ScrapElectronic WasteEquipment WasteHazardous WasteHeavy Machinery Waste

When this code is usually used

Use EWC code 16 02 09* when the waste stream matches this description in practice: transformers and capacitors containing pcbs.This is an absolute hazardous entry, so there is no paired mirror code to review. Producers may also describe this waste as Capacitor Disposal, Capacitor Waste, Capacitors (With Pcbs Or Pcts), Circuit Board Waste.

Note reference

Note p

Note ‘p’: 16 02 09* and 16 02 10* are used when PCBs are present at a concentration of equal to or greater than 50 mg/kg (0.005%). If not, the other entries in this sub-chapter can be considered.

Sites That Accept This Waste

Browse published waste sites currently linked to EWC code 16 02 09*.

  • Vision Recycling

    Vision Recycling

    Vision Recycling is a UK-based waste management and recycling company specialising in the treatment and recovery of road sweepings, gully waste, and other construction and infrastructure waste…

    Hazardous wasteOffers collection
    Park House Farm, Ellesmere, SY12 9BL
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  • Country Wide Metals

    Country Wide Metals

    Countrywide Metals is a UK-based scrap metal recycling company specialising in the purchase, processing, and resale of ferrous and non-ferrous metals.

    Hazardous wasteOffers collection
    251 Bordesley Green Road, Birmingham, B8 1BY
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  • Mick George

    Mick George - Northampton

    Mick George Group is a leading UK provider of construction services, specialising in waste management, aggregate supply, earthworks, demolition, and plant hire.

    Hazardous wasteOffers collectionISO accredited
    Crow Lane Industrial Estate Lower Ecton Lane, Northampton, NN3 5HQ
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  • Mick George

    Mick George - St Ives

    Mick George Group is a leading UK provider of construction services, specialising in waste management, aggregate supply, earthworks, demolition, and plant hire.

    Hazardous wasteOffers collectionISO accredited
    Meadow Lane, St. Ives, PE27 4YQ
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4 published sites found

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Related Codes in This Subchapter

These sibling codes share the same 16 02 subchapter.

16 02 10*AHAbsolute HazardouspNote p. Note ‘p’: 16 02 09* and 16 02 10* are used when PCBs are present at a concentration of equal to or greater than 50 mg/kg (0.005%). If not, the other entries in this sub-chapter can be considered.

discarded equipment containing or contaminated by PCBs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09

16 02 11*AHAbsolute Hazardous

discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC, HFC

16 02 12*AHAbsolute Hazardous

discarded equipment containing free asbestos

16 02 13*AHAbsolute Hazardous

discarded equipment containing hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12

16 02 14ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13

16 02 15*AHAbsolute Hazardous

hazardous components removed from discarded equipment

16 02 16ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

components removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15