Recovery & Disposal Codes
Recovery (R) and Disposal (D) operation codes classify how waste is treated.
Use at least 2 characters. Example: 20 01 01, solvent, mattress.
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)