WA controlled waste codes The state list of 93 waste types, from acids to used batteries.

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93 codes for controlled waste in Western Australia, covering acids, solvents, PFAS material & used batteries.

Which waste code list applies in Western Australia?

DWER's category list is a separate catalogue of 93 codes. It has battery-specific categories and finer splits for oils, solvents and other wastes. The codes name waste types. Tracking depends on the bulk or packaged load and the road-transport rules.

How do waste classification and tracking differ in Western Australia?

Read the Controlled Waste Regulations and current DWER guidance before using a tracking exclusion. Check the regulation's domestic, landfill-acceptance, asbestos and quantity rules before starting a tracking form. Regulation 3(4) covers industrial, commercial, medical and related, laboratory and sewage-treatment waste, and domestic waste is outside it. Under r 3(6)(b), waste lawfully acceptable at a Class I, II or III landfill is outside these regulations. The exceptions are asbestos, clinical or related waste, tyres and encapsulated, chemically fixed, solidified or polymerised controlled waste. Work out acceptance from the landfill criteria, not from appearance. Asbestos has disposal controls but no controlled-waste tracking form under r 3(5). For other in-scope waste, road tracking covers all bulk loads and packaged loads of at least 200 kg or 200 litres. Smaller packaged loads fall outside tracking, but not automatically outside safe-disposal duties.

Which Western Australia materials have their own route?

Material-specific routes for Western Australia are on the Asbestos waste and Battery waste pages.

Applies to Acid sulfate soil, Contaminated soil, Fill material and excavated spoil. Assess lawful acceptance against the Class I, II and III landfill criteria under r 3(6)(b). Qualifying soil or fill is outside controlled-waste transport rules. Asbestos and the other named exceptions stay controlled for their specified duties. A general soil code doesn't prove acceptance.

Fly ash. The Schedule 1 fly-ash description excludes ash from Australian coal-fired power stations. The category list doesn't override that statutory exclusion.

What record follows a Western Australia classification?

For a WA load within the road-tracking thresholds, prepare the controlled-waste tracking form and use an authorised carrier and facility. Asbestos follows its own route without CWTS.

Western Australia’s 93 waste codes

Each code links to its page.

Western Australia waste code list 93 codes