Waste classification and codes: how to find your way
Behind every waste is a code. This waste code determines its treatment route and record obligations. Here is how waste types and codes work, cigarette butts included.
Why classification matters
Correct classification decides everything else: hazardous or not, which treatment route, which record obligation. A misclassified waste means errors on the records.
Reading a waste code
Each waste has a six-digit code from the List of Wastes (the European Waste Catalogue). An asterisk marks hazardous waste. The code is required on a transfer or consignment note.
What treatment for cigarette butts?
The cigarette butt is a diffuse, contaminated waste that deserves its own stream. Easy to Change handles ashtrays, collection and recycling with MéGO.
Frequently asked questions
What is a waste code?
A six-digit code from the List of Wastes that identifies a waste precisely; required on transfer and consignment notes.
What does the asterisk mean?
It marks hazardous waste in the List of Wastes.
What treatment for butts?
Separate collection and dedicated recycling. Easy to Change organises this stream.
Your butts deserve the right stream
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