EWC Code
16 02 15 hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
This is a code under chapter 16 02 — Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
- Code
- 16 02 15
- Chapter
- 16 02
- Description
- hazardous components removed from discarded equipment
- Chapter description
- Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment
- Entry type
- Absolute hazardous
- Classification
- Hazardous. Requires a Hazardous Waste Consignment Note (HWCN), not a standard Waste Transfer Note. Additional record-keeping applies under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005.
Cross-referenced entries
The catalogue definition of 16 02 15 is scoped against these entries.
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Compliance & guidance
Background reading for hazardous waste under UK regulations.
Other codes in chapter 16 02
Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment
- 16 02 09transformers and capacitors containing pcbshazardous
- 16 02 10discarded equipment containing or contaminated by pcbs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09hazardous
- 16 02 11discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, hcfc, hfchazardous
- 16 02 12discarded equipment containing free asbestoshazardous
- 16 02 13discarded equipment containing hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12hazardous
- 16 02 14discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13