Absolute non-hazardous
EWC Code
18 01 01sharps (except 18 01 03)
This is a code under chapter 18 01 — Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
- Code
- 18 01 01
- Chapter
- 18 01
- Description
- sharps (except 18 01 03)
- Chapter description
- Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
- Entry type
- Absolute non-hazardous
- Classification
- Non-hazardous. A standard Waste Transfer Note is required under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011.
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Other codes in chapter 18 01
Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
- 18 01 02body parts and organs including blood bags and blood preserves (except 18 01 03)
- 18 01 03wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infectionhazardous
- 18 01 04wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection(for example dressings, plaster casts, linen, disposable clothing, diapers)
- 18 01 06chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substanceshazardous
- 18 01 07chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 01 06
- 18 01 08cytotoxic and cytostatic medicineshazardous
- 18 01 09medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08
- 18 01 10amalgam waste from dental carehazardous