In order to improve the potential for the resource circulation of household waste that is being handled by localgovernments within major cities, this research has analyzed the characteristics of waste produced and presented a blueprintfor a coding system for household waste, to enable the operation of a resource circulation management processing systembased on this analysis. The coding system –format #-#-##-#-#– has been developed to mirror the 6-digit number codesused nationally for categorizing industrial and harmful waste. In order to boost resource circulation, the household wastecoding system has been composed as such: ‘waste production category>kind of waste>waste item>circulation grade>related industry,’ to offer a more effective means of managing household waste. A waste management processing systemconstructed according to the coding system developed through this research will not only make waste management simplebut serve to promote resource circulation. This system has been applied for the resource circulation management ofhousehold waste in Nowon-gu in Seoul. As a result of this application 6 categories of waste production, 20 kinds of waste,155 waste items, 9 circulation grades and 26 connected industries were codified. Going forward, on the basis of thisresearch the code systems used in a wide range of local governments for the classification of household waste shouldbe researched and a means of standardization formulated. In addition there is a need for research to be conducted intointegration with existing industrial and harmful waste coding systems.