⚠ Absolute hazardous
EWC Code
18 01 08cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
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 08
- Chapter
- 18 01
- Description
- cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
- Chapter description
- Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
- Entry type
- Absolute hazardous
- Classification
- Hazardous. Requires a Hazardous Waste Consignment Note (HWCN), not a standard Waste Transfer Note. Additional record-keeping applies under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005.
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Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
- 18 01 01sharps (except 18 01 03)
- 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 09medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08
- 18 01 10amalgam waste from dental carehazardous