Residue Classification


16 WASTES NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE LIST

Indetify the appropriate six-digit code for the residue


16 01 - End-of-life vehicles from different means of transport (including off-road machinery) and wastes from dismantling of end-of-life vehicles and vehicle maintenance (except 13, 14, 16 06 and 16 08)

16 01 03 - End-of-life tyres

16 01 04 (*) - End-of-life vehicles

16 01 06 - End-of-life vehicles, containing neither liquids nor other hazardous components

16 01 07 (*) - Oil filters

16 01 08 (*) - Components containing mercury

16 01 09 (*) - Components containing PCBs

16 01 10 (*) - Explosive components (for example air bags)

16 01 11 (*) - Brake pads containing asbestos

16 01 12 - Brake pads other than those mentioned in 16 01 11

16 01 13 (*) - Brake fluids

16 01 14 (*) - Antifreeze fluids containing hazardous substances

16 01 15 - Antifreeze fluids other than those mentioned in 16 01 14

16 01 16 - Tanks for liquefied gas

16 01 17 - Ferrous metal

16 01 18 - Non-ferrous metal

16 01 19 - Plastic

16 01 20 - Glass

16 01 21 (*) - Hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 01 07 to 16 01 11 and 16 01 13 and 16 01 14

16 01 22 - Components not otherwise specified

16 01 99 - Wastes not otherwise specified


16 02 - Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment

16 02 09 (*) - Transformers and capacitors containing PCBs

16 02 10 (*) - Discarded equipment containing or contaminated by PCBs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09

16 02 11 (*) - Discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC, HFC

16 02 12 (*) - Discarded equipment containing free asbestos

16 02 13 (*) - Discarded equipment containing hazardous components (1) other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12

16 02 14 - Discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13

16 02 15 (*) - Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment

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


16 03 - Off-specification batches and unused products

16 03 03 (*) - Inorganic wastes containing hazardous substances

16 03 04 - Inorganic wastes other than those mentioned in 16 03 03

16 03 05 (*) - Organic wastes containing hazardous substances

16 03 06 - Organic wastes other than those mentioned in 16 03 05


16 04 - Waste explosives

16 04 01 (*) - Waste ammunition

16 04 02 (*) - Fireworks wastes

16 04 03 (*) - Other waste explosives


16 05 - Gases in pressure containers and discarded chemicals

16 05 04 (*) - Gases in pressure containers (including halons) containing hazardous substances

16 05 05 - Gases in pressure containers other than those mentioned in 16 05 04

16 05 06 (*) - Laboratory chemicals, consisting of or containing hazardous substances, including mixtures of laboratory chemicals

16 05 07 (*) - Discarded inorganic chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances

16 05 08 (*) - Discarded organic chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances

16 05 09 - Discarded chemicals other than those mentioned in 16 05 06, 16 05 07 or 16 05 08


16 06 - Batteries and accumulators

16 06 01 (*) - Lead batteries

16 06 02 (*) - Ni-Cd batteries

16 06 03 (*) - Mercury-containing batteries

16 06 05 - Other batteries and accumulators

16 06 06 (*) - Separately collected electrolyte from batteries and accumulators


16 07 - Wastes from transport tank, storage tank and barrel cleaning (except 05 and 13)

16 07 08 (*) - Wastes containing oil

16 07 09 (*) - Wastes containing other hazardous substances

16 07 99 - Wastes not otherwise specified


16 08 - Spent catalysts

16 08 01 - Spent catalysts containing gold, silver, rhenium, rhodium, palladium, iridium or platinum (except 16 08 07)

16 08 02 (*) - Spent catalysts containing hazardous transition metals or hazardous transition metal compounds

16 08 03 - Spent catalysts containing transition metals or transition metal compounds not otherwise specified

16 08 04 - Spent fluid catalytic cracking catalysts (except 16 08 07)

16 08 05 (*) - Spent catalysts containing phosphoric acid

16 08 06 (*) - Spent liquids used as catalysts

16 08 07 (*) - Spent catalysts contaminated with hazardous substances


16 09 - Oxidising substances

16 09 01 (*) - Permanganates, for example potassium permanganate

16 09 02 (*) - Chromates, for example potassium chromate, potassium or sodium dichromate

16 09 03 (*) - Peroxides, for example hydrogen peroxide

16 09 04 (*) - Oxidising substances, not otherwise specified


16 10 - Aqueous liquid wastes destined for off-site treatment

16 10 01 (*) - Aqueous liquid wastes containing hazardous substances

16 10 02 - Aqueous liquid wastes other than those mentioned in 16 10 01

16 10 03 (*) - Aqueous concentrates containing hazardous substances

16 10 04 - Aqueous concentrates other than those mentioned in 16 10 03


16 11 - Waste linings and refractories

16 11 01 (*) - carbon-based linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances

16 11 02 - Carbon-based linings and refractories from metallurgical processes others than those mentioned in 16 11 01

16 11 03 (*) - Other linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances

16 11 04 - Other linings and refractories from metallurgical processes other than those mentioned in 16 11 03

16 11 05 (*) - Linings and refractories from non-metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances

16 11 06 - Linings and refractories from non-metallurgical processes others than those mentioned in 16 11 05


N - None


(*) – Hazardous waste