Recovery and Disposal Codes

From Wikiwaste

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Not considered recovery to final product.