Guidance: Waste Shipments Regulation (WSR): consolidated waste list

Environment Agency

January 2

09:00 2025

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Unofficial consolidated version of Annexes III, IIIA, IIIB IV and IVA of the relevant regulations on the shipments of wastes.

You must use the correct codes when completing forms for shipping waste.

See the waste export and import guidance on how to follow the regulations.

Published 30 July 2012
Last updated 2 January 2025 +show all updates

2 January 2025
Removed GC010, GC020 and B4030 from the list. Added A1181 and Y49 to the list.
31 December 2020
Added The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 to the 'relevant regulations' as omitted in error.
31 December 2020
We have updated the list to reflect Basel Convention waste plastic amendments. A3210 and Y48 are new entries. B3011 replaces B3010.
18 May 2015
Three packaging-related wastes have been transferred from Annex IIIB to Annex III.
30 July 2012
First published.