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 |
| 12 01 | Wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics |
| 12 01 01 | Ferrous metal filings and turnings |
| 12 01 02 | Ferrous metal dust and particles |
| 12 01 03 | Non-ferrous metal filings and turnings |
| 12 01 04 | Non-ferrous metal dust and particles |
| 12 01 05 | Plastics shavings and turnings |
| 12 01 06* | Mineral-based machining oils containing halogens (except emulsions and solutions) |
| 12 01 07* | Mineral-based machining oils free of halogens (except emulsions and solutions) |
| 12 01 08* | Machining emulsions and solutions containing halogens |
| 12 01 09* | Machining emulsions and solutions free of halogens |
| 12 01 10* | Synthetic machining oils |
| 12 01 12* | Spent waxes and fats |
| 12 01 13 | Welding wastes |
| 12 01 14* | Machining sludges containing hazardous substances |
| 12 01 15 | Machining sludges other than those mentioned in 12 01 14 |
| 12 01 16* | Waste blasting material containing hazardous substances |
| 12 01 17 | Waste blasting material other than those mentioned in 12 01 16 |
| 12 01 18* | Metal sludge (grinding, honing and lapping sludge) containing oil |
| 12 01 19* | Readily biodegradable machining oil |
| 12 01 20* | Spent grinding bodies and grinding materials containing hazardous substances |
| 12 01 21 | Spent grinding bodies and grinding materials other than those mentioned in 12 01 20 |
| 12 01 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 12 03 | Wastes from water and steam degreasing processes (except 11) |
| 12 03 01* | Aqueous washing liquids |
| 12 03 02* | Steam degreasing wastes |
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Wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics
July 2015
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