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Recovery & Disposal Codes

Recovery (R) and Disposal (D) operation codes classify how waste is treated.

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28 codes

Recovery

R1

Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy

not considered recovery to a final product

Recovery

R2

Solvent reclamation/regeneration

Recovery

R3

Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes)

Recovery

R4

Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

Recovery

R5

Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials

Recovery

R6

Regeneration of acids or bases

Recovery

R7

Recovery of components used for pollution abatement

Recovery

R8

Recovery of components from catalysts

Recovery

R9

Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil

Recovery

R10

Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement

Recovery

R11

Use of wastes obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 to R10

Recovery

R12

Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11

not considered recovery to a final product

Recovery

R13

Storage of wastes pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced)

not considered recovery to a final product

Disposal

D1

Deposit into or onto land, e.g. landfill

Disposal

D2

Land treatment, e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in soils

Disposal

D3

Deep injection, e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories

Disposal

D4

Surface impoundment, e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into pits, ponds or lagoons

Disposal

D5

Specially engineered landfill, e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment

Disposal

D6

Release into a water body, except seas/oceans

Disposal

D7

Release into seas/oceans, including sea-bed insertion

Disposal

D8

Biological treatment resulting in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by any of the operations numbered D1 to D12

Disposal

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

Disposal

D10

Incineration on land

Disposal

D11

Incineration at sea

Disposal

D12

Permanent storage, e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine

Disposal

D13

Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D12

Disposal

D14

Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1 to D13

Disposal

D15

Storage pending any of the operations numbered D1 to D14 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced)