Absolute non-hazardous
EWC Code
01 05 04freshwater drilling muds and wastes
This is a code under chapter 01 05 — Drilling muds and other drilling wastes of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
- Code
- 01 05 04
- Chapter
- 01 05
- Description
- freshwater drilling muds and wastes
- Chapter description
- Drilling muds and other drilling wastes
- Entry type
- Absolute non-hazardous
- Classification
- Non-hazardous. A standard Waste Transfer Note is required under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
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Other codes in chapter 01 05
Drilling muds and other drilling wastes
- 01 05 05oil-containing drilling muds and wasteshazardous
- 01 05 06drilling muds and other drilling wastes containing hazardous substanceshazardous
- 01 05 07barite-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06
- 01 05 08chloride-containing drilling muds and wastes other than those mentioned in 01 05 05 and 01 05 06
- 01 05 99wastes not otherwise specified