European Waste Catalogue
Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines are 20 01 31 (hazardous); all other municipal medicines are 20 01 32. Healthcare settings use the chapter 18 equivalents 18 01 08 / 18 01 09.
Also searched as: pharmaceuticals, expired drugs, medicine disposal
The European Waste Catalogue codes waste by the process it arises from, not just the material. Pick the row that matches where your medicines is generated — each code links to its full classification, valorisation routes and receiving industries.
Municipal — cytotoxic / cytostatic medicines
Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines (hazardous)
Municipal — other medicines
Medicines other than cytotoxic
Healthcare — cytotoxic / cytostatic
Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines from healthcare
Healthcare — other medicines
Medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08
Source: EUR-Lex Commission Decision 2000/532/EC — European Waste Catalogue
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