The specific waste streams for the industry you are seeking are listed below. Note that each waste is assigned a unique 6-digit code (L-Code). Wastes marked with an asterisk (*) after their L-Code should be treated as hazardous.
Code |
Waste |
| 05 01 | Wastes from petroleum refining |
| 05 01 02* | Desalter sludges |
| 05 01 03* | Tank bottom sludges |
| 05 01 04* | Acid alkyl sludges |
| 05 01 05* | Oil spills |
| 05 01 06* | Oily sludges from maintenance operations of the plant or equipment |
| 05 01 07* | Acid tars |
| 05 01 08* | Other tars |
| 05 01 09* | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment containing hazardous substances |
| 05 01 10 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment other than those mentioned in 05 01 09 |
| 05 01 11* | Wastes from cleaning of fuels with bases |
| 05 01 12* | Oil containing acids |
| 05 01 13 | Boiler feedwater sludges |
| 05 01 14 | Wastes from cooling columns |
| 05 01 15* | Spent filter clays |
| 05 01 16 | Sulphur-containing wastes from petroleum desulphurisation |
| 05 01 17 | Bitumen |
| 05 01 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 05 06 | Wastes from the pyrolytic treatment of coal |
| 5 06 01* | Acid tars |
| 05 06 03* | Other tars |
| 05 06 04 | Waste from cooling columns |
| 05 06 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 05 07 | Wastes from natural gas purification and transportation |
| 05 07 01* | Wastes containing mercury |
| 05 07 02 | Wastes containing sulphur |
| 05 07 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
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Wastes from petroleum refining, natural gas purification and pyrolytic treatment of coal
July 2015
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