12 01 21
Non-hazardousMirror entrySpent grinding bodies and grinding materials other than those mentioned in 12 01 20
List of Waste · Chapter 12 — Wastes from shaping and physical and mechanical surface treatment of metals and plastics
Mirror entry
This waste appears in the List of Waste as both a hazardous and a non-hazardous entry. Which one applies depends on whether the waste actually contains hazardous substances above threshold — you assess the contents, not the name. Check the entry in the EWC code finder to resolve it for your load.
Related codes in 12 01
- 12 01 01Ferrous metal filings and turnings
- 12 01 02Ferrous metal dust and particles
- 12 01 03Non-ferrous metal filings and turnings
- 12 01 04Non-ferrous metal dust and particles
- 12 01 05Plastics shavings and turnings
- 12 01 06*Mineral-based machining oils containing halogens (except emulsions and solutions)
- 12 01 07*Mineral-based machining oils free of halogens (except emulsions and solutions)
- 12 01 08*Machining emulsions and solutions containing halogens
- 12 01 09*Machining emulsions and solutions free of halogens
- 12 01 10*Synthetic machining oils
- 12 01 12*Spent waxes and fats
- 12 01 13Welding wastes
- 12 01 14*Machining sludges containing hazardous substances
- 12 01 15Machining sludges other than those mentioned in 12 01 14
- 12 01 16*Waste blasting material containing hazardous substances
- 12 01 17Waste blasting material other than those mentioned in 12 01 16
- 12 01 18*Metal sludge (grinding, honing and lapping sludge) containing oil
- 12 01 19*Readily biodegradable machining oil
- 12 01 20*Spent grinding bodies and grinding materials containing hazardous substances
- 12 01 99Wastes not otherwise specified