EWC code for dry mixed recycling
Dry mixed recycling, the single bin where paper, card, plastics and cans go together, is usually coded 15 01 06. It is non-hazardous, so a waste transfer note is all you need. Here is what sits inside that one code.
Mixed packaging
What DMR is, and why 15 01 06
Dry mixed recycling, or DMR, is the mixed stream of clean, dry recyclables a business collects in one bin: cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and tubs, and metal cans. Because most of it is packaging, the usual code is 15 01 06, mixed packaging. It is non-hazardous, so a waste transfer note with a registered carrier is enough.
At the sorting facility the load is separated back into its parts, which then carry their own codes. That is why you will also see the individual packaging codes on the receiving site's records.
The codes inside the bin
- 15 01 01 paper and cardboard packaging
- 15 01 02 plastic packaging
- 15 01 04 metallic packaging, such as cans
- 15 01 07 glass packaging, though glass is often collected separately
See mixed packaging for the full family.
Keep it clean: food, liquids and any container that held chemicals do not belong in DMR. Contaminated packaging that held dangerous substances is hazardous, coded 15 01 10*, and needs a consignment note.