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Chapter 18

EWC Chapter 18: Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research (except kitchen and restaurant wastes not arising from immediate health care)

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18 01Current subchapter

Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans

9 codes
18 01 01ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans, sharps (except 18 01 03)

18 01 02ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

Body parts and organs including blood bags and blood preserves (except 18 01 03)

18 01 03*AHAbsolute HazardoustNote t. Note ‘t’ : See Appendix C9 for use of HP 9 to classify these wastes

wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection

18 01 04ANAbsolute Non-HazardoustNote t. Note ‘t’ : See Appendix C9 for use of HP 9 to classify these wastes

wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection(for example…

18 01 06*MHMirror Hazardous

treatment or prevention of disease in humans, chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances

18 01 07MNMirror Non-Hazardous

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans, chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 01 06

18 01 08*AHAbsolute HazardoussNote s. Note ‘s’: for waste classification purposes, a ‘cytotoxic and cytostatic’ medicine is defined as any medicine that displays one or more of the hazardous properties: Acute Toxicity (HP 6, Carcinogenic (HP 7), Toxic for Reproduction (HP 10) or Mutagenic (HP 11).

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans, cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines

18 01 09ANAbsolute Non-HazardoussNote s. Note ‘s’: for waste classification purposes, a ‘cytotoxic and cytostatic’ medicine is defined as any medicine that displays one or more of the hazardous properties: Acute Toxicity (HP 6, Carcinogenic (HP 7), Toxic for Reproduction (HP 10) or Mutagenic (HP 11).

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans, medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08

18 01 10*AHAbsolute Hazardous

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans, amalgam waste from dental care

18 02Subchapter

Wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals

7 codes
18 02 01ANAbsolute Non-Hazardous

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals, sharps (except 18 02 02)

18 02 02*AHAbsolute HazardoustNote t. Note ‘t’ : See Appendix C9 for use of HP 9 to classify these wastes

wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection

18 02 03ANAbsolute Non-HazardoustNote t. Note ‘t’ : See Appendix C9 for use of HP 9 to classify these wastes

wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection

18 02 05*MHMirror Hazardous

treatment or prevention of disease involving animals, chemicals consisting of or containing hazardous substances

18 02 06MNMirror Non-Hazardous

treatment or prevention of disease involving animals, chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 02 05

18 02 07*AHAbsolute HazardoussNote s. Note ‘s’: for waste classification purposes, a ‘cytotoxic and cytostatic’ medicine is defined as any medicine that displays one or more of the hazardous properties: Acute Toxicity (HP 6, Carcinogenic (HP 7), Toxic for Reproduction (HP 10) or Mutagenic (HP 11).

diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals, cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines

18 02 08ANAbsolute Non-HazardoussNote s. Note ‘s’: for waste classification purposes, a ‘cytotoxic and cytostatic’ medicine is defined as any medicine that displays one or more of the hazardous properties: Acute Toxicity (HP 6, Carcinogenic (HP 7), Toxic for Reproduction (HP 10) or Mutagenic (HP 11).

treatment or prevention of disease involving animals, medicines other than those mentioned in 18 02 07