R5
RecoveryRecovery code R5
Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials
What is recovery code R5?
R5 is a recovery code — one of the standard D (disposal) and R (recovery) codes used to record what happens to a waste at its destination. Recovery (R) codes cover operations that put the waste to use — recycling, reclamation, or energy recovery. You give the D or R code when you record a waste receipt in Digital Waste Tracking, and on waste returns to your regulator.
Permitted sites record the D/R code for each load they receive. Receipt of Waste and waste returns both use these codes.
Other recovery codes
- R1Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy
- R2Solvent reclamation/regeneration
- R3Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes)
- R4Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds
- R6Regeneration of acids or bases
- R7Recovery of components used for pollution abatement
- R8Recovery of components from catalysts
- R9Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil
- R10Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement
- R11Use of wastes obtained from any of the operations numbered R1 to R10
- R12Exchange of wastes for submission to any of the operations numbered R1 to R11
- R13Storage of wastes pending any of the operations numbered R1 to R12 (excluding temporary storage, pending collection, on the site where it is produced)