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Classify different types of waste

Guidance on how to identify and classify waste before you send it for recycling or disposal.

Overview of your responsibilites

Technical guidance: WM3

The WM3 document provides technical guidance on waste classification. Its Appendix A includes the waste classification codes, also referred to as LoW (List of Waste) or EWC (European Waste Catalogue) codes, for hazardous and non hazardous waste.

Construction and demolition waste

This guide gives a summary of common waste codes for construction and demolition waste.

Electrical and electronic equipment

These guides give a summary of how to classify electrical and electronic equipment, with common waste codes.

This guide gives a summary of common waste codes for healthcare and related wastes.

Packaging waste and recyclables

This guide gives a summary of common waste codes for packaging waste and recyclables.

Vehicle and oily wastes

These guides give a summary of how to classify vehicles and oily wastes, with common waste codes.

Wastes from mechanical treatment

This guide gives a summary of common waste codes for wastes from mechanical treatment.

Hazardous waste and POPs

What you must do if you classify waste as hazardous.

Waste export and import

Guidance on the controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England, and how to classify waste as part of this process.

Updates to this page

Published 1 May 2025