EWC Code
17 09 04 mixed construction and demolition wastes other than those mentioned in 17 09 01, 17 09 02 and 17 09 03
This is a code under chapter 17 09 — Other construction and demolition wastes of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
17 09 04 is the code for a construction and demolition load that is genuinely mixed — brick and timber and plasterboard and plastic and insulation, going into one skip because separating them on site was not practical. It is the most-used code in chapter 17 for exactly that reason, and the most over-used.
It is also the non-hazardous half of a mirror set. The three entries it is scoped against cover construction waste containing mercury, waste containing PCBs, and mixed construction waste containing other hazardous substances. So the code does not mean "mixed, therefore non-hazardous" — it means mixed, and assessed as free of those. On a refurbishment or strip-out of an older building, that assessment is the work, not a formality.
Where this waste usually comes from
- Skip hire on domestic renovation and strip-out jobs
- Demolition and site clearance where segregation is not practical
- Commercial fit-out and refurbishment
The common mistake with 17 09 04
Reaching for 17 09 04 when the load is really one material. Clean rubble is 17 01 07, metal is 17 04 05, and excavated soil is 17 05 04 — each with a recycling route that a mixed code sends the load away from.
- Code
- 17 09 04
- Chapter
- 17 09
- Description
- mixed construction and demolition wastes other than those mentioned in 17 09 01, 17 09 02 and 17 09 03
- Chapter description
- Other construction and demolition wastes
- Entry type
- Mirror non-hazardous — part of a mirror pair. Whether this entry applies depends on a WM3 assessment of the substances present.
- Classification
- Non-hazardous. A standard Waste Transfer Note is required under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
Check the other half of this mirror entry
Whether 17 09 04 or its counterpart applies depends on a WM3 assessment of the substances present — the same waste stream classifies differently depending on what it contains.
- 17 09 01construction and demolition wastes containing mercuryhazardous
- 17 09 02construction and demolition wastes containing pcb (for example pcb-containing sealants, pcb-containing resin-based floorings, pcb-containing sealed glazing units, pcb-containing capacitors)hazardous
- 17 09 03other construction and demolition wastes (including mixed wastes) containing hazardous substanceshazardous
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