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Also see our list of Recovery Codes
D1 Landfill
Deposit into or onto land, (e.g. landfill, etc.) - deposit
of overburden, waste rock and tailings on heaps in the extractive industry.
D2 Land treatment
Land treatment, (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy
discards in soils, etc.) - spreading of waste on land, often followed by the
incorporation of the waste into the soil, which does not result in benefit to
agriculture or other ecological improvements. Generally applies to non-hazardous
sludge and liquid wastes, e.g. disposal of dredging sludge.
D3 Injection
Deep injection, (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into
wells, salt domes of naturally occurring repositories, etc.) - injection of
waste into natural and artificial cavities (e.g. salt domes, wells, mines), and
porous formations of rock not covered by Directive 1999/31/EC.
D4 Surface impoundment
Surface impoundment, (e.g. placement of liquid or
sludge discards into pits, ponds or lagoons, etc.) - the deposit of waste in
natural or engineered ponds, pits or lagoons (impoundment), which is the
predominant method for the management of tailings in mining operations;
impoundment of dredging sludge.
D5 Engineered landfill
Specially engineered landfill, (e.g. placement into lined
discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the
environment, etc.) landfills for inert waste, non-hazardous waste and
hazardous waste above ground.
D6 Release to waters
Release into a water body except seas/oceans - deposit of
non-hazardous dredging sludge and other non-hazardous sludge in surface water
including the bed
and the subsoil.
D7 Release to sea
Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion -
discharge of waste at sea in accordance with the OSPAR Convention (e.g.
discharge of fish processing waste and inert materials of natural origin).
D8 Biological treatment
Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex
which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any
of the operations numbered D1- D12 -biological-wastes, if followed by disposal.
D9 Physico chemical treatment
Physico chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this
Annex which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means
of any of the operations numbered D1-D12 (e.g. evaporation, drying, calcination,
neutralization, precipitation, etc.) physico-chemical treatment is typically
deployed for: il/water mixtures; neutral aqueous organics and inorganics
(production specific waste water, leachate, etc.); cyanides; acids and alkalis.
Typical treatment steps are detoxification (oxidation/reduction), precipitation,
neutralisation, emulsion separation, immobilisation, electrolysis and osmosis.
D10 Incineration on land
Incineration on land - municipal solid waste incineration
plants for incineration of MSW, hazardous waste, sewage sludge, clinical waste,
animal carcasses.
(D11) (Incineration at sea)
(Incineration at sea) This operation is prohibited by EU
legislation and international conventions.
D12 Permanent storage
Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a
mine, etc.) - landfills for the underground storage of waste.
D13 Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the
operations numbered D1-D12
Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the operations numbered D1-D12 landfilling; mixing and blending of waste (e.g. mixing of similar wastes from different waste generators); solidification.
D14 Repackaging prior to submission to any of the
operations numbered D1-D13
Repackaging prior to submission to any of the
operations numbered D1-D13
D15 Storage pending any of the operations numbered
D1-D14
Storage pending any of the operations numbered D1-D14 Does
not apply to storage of waste prior to collection at the site at which it was
generated. Temporary storage of waste prior to disposal is limited to a period
of <1 year. Otherwise the provisions of the Landfill Directive apply (Directive
1999/31/EC, Article 2(g)).