EWC Code
20 03 01 mixed municipal waste
This is a code under chapter 20 03 — Other municipal wastes of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
20 03 01 is general waste: the residual fraction left after anything separately collected has been taken out. It is what a commercial bin collection is coded as, and it covers household waste and the commercial, industrial and institutional waste that looks like it.
Unlike most of the codes it sits near, this one is absolute rather than mirror — nothing about the entry itself turns on an assessment of what is in it. That makes it the easiest code to reach for, which is why it ends up on loads that belong elsewhere.
Where this waste usually comes from
- Commercial and household general-waste collections
- Office, retail and hospitality residual waste
- The residual fraction from a site with segregated streams alongside it
The common mistake with 20 03 01
Using it as a default for waste that was in fact segregated, or for construction waste. Green waste is 20 02 01, mixed packaging is 15 01 06, and anything arising from building work belongs in chapter 17 even when it is mixed.
- Code
- 20 03 01
- Chapter
- 20 03
- Description
- mixed municipal waste
- Chapter description
- Other municipal 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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Compliance & guidance
Background reading for non-hazardous waste under UK regulations.
Other codes in chapter 20 03
Other municipal wastes