EWC Code
20 02 01 biodegradable waste
This is a code under chapter 20 02 — Garden and park wastes (including cemetery waste) of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
20 02 01 is green waste from garden and park maintenance: grass cuttings, hedge trimmings, prunings, leaves and the soft arisings that come with them. It sits in the garden and park chapter, which is what separates it from the kitchen waste it is often confused with.
It is an absolute non-hazardous entry, so nothing about the classification turns on an assessment of what is in the load. The judgement it does need is about scope instead: what counts as garden waste, and what has quietly become something else on its way into the same truck.
Where this waste usually comes from
- Grounds maintenance and landscaping rounds
- Household waste recycling centre green-waste bays
- Cemetery and park upkeep
The common mistake with 20 02 01
Using it for kitchen and canteen waste, which is 20 01 08, or for the soil and turf that comes off with a strip. Soil and stones in this chapter are 20 02 02, and excavated ground from construction is 17 05 04.
- Code
- 20 02 01
- Chapter
- 20 02
- Description
- biodegradable waste
- Chapter description
- Garden and park wastes (including cemetery waste)
- 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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Compliance & guidance
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Other codes in chapter 20 02
Garden and park wastes (including cemetery waste)