Recovery and Disposal Codes
Waste related activities are classed as recovery (R) or disposal (D) as defined in the EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98 and should be used for Consignment Notes.
For Operator Returns, the Environment Agency have produced a Flowchart that breaks codes down to Level 3 and provides comprehensive explanations of what each code covers.
Recovery Operations
Code | Relates to.. |
|---|---|
R1[1] | Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy |
R2 | Solvent reclamation/regeneration |
R3 | Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes) |
R4 | Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds |
R5 | Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials |
R6 | Regeneration of acids or bases |
R7 | Recovery of components used for pollution abatement |
R8 | Recovery of components from catalysts |
R9 | Oil Disposal Operations re-refining or other reuses of oil |
R10 | Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement |
R11 | Use of wastes obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 to R10 |
R12[1] | Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11 |
R13[1] | Storage of wastes pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced) |
Disposal Operations
Code | Relates to.. |
|---|---|
D1 | Disposal Operations Deposit into or onto land, e.g. landfill |
D2 | Land treatment, e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils |
D3 | Deep injection, e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories |
D4 | Surface impoundment, e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons |
D5 | Specially engineered landfill, e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment |
D6 | Release into a water body, except seas/oceans |
D7 | Release into seas/oceans, including sea-bed insertion |
D8 | Biological treatment resulting in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 |
D9 | Physico-chemical treatment resulting in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by any of the operations numbered D1 to D12, e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination |
D10 | Incineration on land |
D11 | Incineration at sea |
D12 | Permanent storage, e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine |
D13 | Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D12 |
D14 | Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D13 |
D15 | Storage pending any of the operations numbered D1 to D14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced) |
References:
- Not considered recovery to final product.
