18 –   4 Repair Manual  RRE140/160/180/200/250  © BT
Appendix “Destruction instructions”
Sorting categories
T-code Valid from serial number Date Publication No.
815, 816 6051502 2008-08-21 261828-040
18.4  Sorting categories
• Plastic and rubber material
• Iron/steel (including bolts, washers and nuts)
•Oils
•Oil filters
• Oil-polluted material
• Electronic parts (including switches and sensors)
• Cables
• Hazardous waste
• Complex materials - large amounts of several categories but non-
combustible and not hazardous
• Combustible material (including small plastic and rubber parts)
• Please return batteries to the manufacturer.
COMPONENT Category Comment
Chassis •Iron/steel
Covers and doors, 
sheet metal
•Iron/steel
• Handles: >ABS<
Covers and doors, 
plastic
• Plastic Sort according to the 
material marking
Forks and bodies •Iron/steel
Operator platforms • Iron/steel, also possible gas damp-
ers
• Mats, cushions: combustible
Be sure to depressurise 
dampers
Roofs and overhead 
guards
•Iron/steel
Gates and operator 
protective devices
•Iron/steel
• Plastic handles: >PA<
• Crush protectors: >PMMA<
Hydraulic units •Oil
• Hydraulic hoses: Oil polluted mate-
rial
• Oil tank: >PP<
• Motor, valves: Electronic parts
• Pump: Iron/steel
• Accumulator: Iron/steel
Ensure the system has 
been depressurised.
Carefully drain all oil.
Any accumulators should 
be emptied of gas and if 
possible opened.