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 |
| 02 01 | Wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing |
| 02 01 01 | Sludges from washing and cleaning |
| 02 01 02 | Animal-tissue waste |
| 02 01 03 | Plant-tissue waste |
| 02 01 04 | Waste plastics (except packaging) |
| 02 01 06 | Animal faeces, urine and manure (including spoiled straw), effluent, collected separately and treated off-site |
| 02 01 07 | Wastes from forestry |
| 02 01 08* | Agrichemical waste containing hazardous substances |
| 02 01 09 | Agrichemical waste other than those mentioned in 02 01 08 |
| 02 01 10 | Waste metal |
| 02 01 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 02 | Wastes from the preparation and processing of meat, fish and other foods of animal origin |
| 02 02 01 | Sludges from washing and cleaning |
| 02 02 02 | Animal-tissue waste |
| 02 02 03 | Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing |
| 02 02 04 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 02 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 03 | Wastes from fruit, vegetables, cereals, edible oils, cocoa, coffee, tea and tobacco preparation and processing; conserve production; yeast and yeast extract production, molasses preparation and fermentation |
| 02 03 01 | Sludges from washing, cleaning, peeling, centrifuging and separation |
| 02 03 02 | Wastes from preserving agents |
| 02 03 03 | Wastes from solvent extraction |
| 02 03 04 | Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing |
| 02 03 05 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 03 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 04 | Wastes from sugar processing |
| 02 04 01 | Soil from cleaning and washing beet |
| 02 04 02 | Off-specification calcium carbonate |
| 02 04 03 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 04 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 05 | Wastes from the dairy products industry |
| 02 05 01 | Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing |
| 02 05 02 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 05 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 06 | Wastes from the baking and confectionery industry |
| 02 06 01 | Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing |
| 02 06 02 | Wastes from preserving agents |
| 02 06 03 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 06 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
| 02 07 | Wastes from the production of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages (except coffee, tea and cocoa) |
| 02 07 01 | Wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of raw materials |
| 02 07 02 | Wastes from spirits distillation |
| 02 07 03 | Wastes from chemical treatment |
| 02 07 04 | Materials unsuitable for consumption or processing |
| 02 07 05 | Sludges from on-site effluent treatment |
| 02 07 99 | Wastes not otherwise specified |
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Wastes from agriculture, horticulture, aquaculture, forestry, hunting and fishing, food preparation and processing
April 2021
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