European Waste Catalogue (EWC) Code
01 03 05* – Other tailings containing hazardous substances
Chapter
01Wastes resulting from exploration, mining, quarrying, and physical and chemical treatment of minerals
Sub-Chapter
01 03Wastes from physical and chemical processing of metalliferous minerals
Individual Entry
01 03 05*
Other tailings containing hazardous substances
Mirror Hazardous
* Signifies Hazardous Waste

Mirror Hazardous - Some wastes are not automatically hazardous or non-hazardous - they are called mirror entry wastes. These wastes have a hazardous waste entry (or entries) marked with an asterisk (*), and an alternative non-hazardous waste entry (or entries) not marked with an asterisk