18 01 08
HazardousEWC 18 01 08
cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines
- Code
- 18 01 08
- Chapter
- 18 — Wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research (except kitchen and restaurant wastes not arising from immediate health care)
- Sub-chapter
- 1801 — Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans
- Hazardous
- Yes — this waste is classified hazardous
What is EWC code 18 01 08?
18 01 08 is the European Waste Catalogue (List of Waste) code for cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines. It sits in chapter 18 (wastes from human or animal health care and/or related research (except kitchen and restaurant wastes not arising from immediate health care)). You use this six-digit code to classify the waste on a waste transfer note, a hazardous waste consignment note, or a Digital Waste Tracking record.
This is a hazardous waste code. Movements of hazardous waste need a hazardous waste consignment note (not an ordinary waste transfer note), and consignment notes must be kept for at least 3 years.
Related codes in 1801
- 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 infectionHaz
- 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 substancesHaz
- 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 careHaz