18 01 09
EWC 18 01 09
medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08
- Code
- 18 01 09
- 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
- No — non-hazardous
What is EWC code 18 01 09?
18 01 09 is the European Waste Catalogue (List of Waste) code for medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08. 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 non-hazardous waste code. Transfers need a waste transfer note, which both parties must keep for at least 2 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 08cytotoxic and cytostatic medicinesHaz
- 18 01 10amalgam waste from dental careHaz