Australian waste codes Choose the state, then match the waste to its official description.

Are waste codes the same in every Australian state?

No. Victoria has industrial-material codes and hazardous/non-hazardous mirror suffixes. WA has battery-specific categories. Tasmania adds DEADF for finfish mortalities. A shared number can have different wording, so every code page names its catalogue.

Which national exclusions affect an interstate movement?

The Controlled Waste NEPM governs interstate and interterritory movement, not movements wholly within one state or territory. A listed category is controlled only when it has a listed hazardous characteristic, although the destination agency may require evidence to displace the presumption. The measure excludes emergencies, approved analysis or research, pipelines, residual containers returned for refilling with the same substance, qualifying approved farm-chemical collections and authorised product recalls. Direct reuse, approved producer-responsibility and approved recycling exemptions exist only when the affected jurisdictions formalise them in writing.

For contaminated drums and containers, read the material page with this interstate rule.

For e-waste, read the material page with this interstate rule.

Pesticide and biocide waste. Unwanted farm chemicals are outside the NEPM movement rules only when a farmer or property owner moves them without fee or reward to a designated collection place under an approved scheme.

Surface-treatment waste. A category match is not enough by itself: the waste must also have a List 2 hazardous characteristic, subject to the destination agency’s presumption and evidence requirements.

For treated timber, read the material page with this interstate rule.

All 818 Australian waste codes

Each state’s and territory’s list, then the national reporting list. The same code can mean something different in each, so pick the list for the place the waste is from.