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
Have a 20 01 31 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossier850,000 tonnes/year EU clinical waste · €1.8B clinical waste management market
Primary buyers include Hazardous waste treatment.
Simulate this streamThe 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
Medicines
With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.
See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.