EWC Code
18 02 05chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances
This is a code under chapter 18 02 — Wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals of the UK European Waste Catalogue, used on waste transfer notes to classify the type of waste being transferred.
- Code
- 18 02 05
- Chapter
- 18 02
- Description
- chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances
- Chapter description
- Wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals
- Entry type
- Mirror hazardous — part of a mirror pair. Whether this entry applies depends on a WM3 assessment of the substances present.
- 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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Compliance & guidance
Background reading for hazardous waste under UK regulations.
Other codes in chapter 18 02
Wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals
- 18 02 01sharps (except 18 02 02)
- 18 02 02wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infectionhazardous
- 18 02 03wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection
- 18 02 06chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 02 05
- 18 02 07cytotoxic and cytostatic medicineshazardous
- 18 02 08medicines other than those mentioned in 18 02 07