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! Colour of Packaging: Orange | !colspan="3"| Colour of Packaging: Orange | ||
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| Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | ||
Storage, alternative treatment or incineration | |Storage, alternative treatment or incineration | ||
Waste types and List of Waste (LoW) code(s) | |- | ||
Infectious waste, not contaminated with chemicals or medicines: | |Waste types and List of Waste (LoW) code(s) | ||
|Infectious waste, not contaminated with chemicals or medicines: | |||
• human healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 01 03* | • human healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 01 03* | ||
• animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* | • animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* | ||
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• commercial, separately collected fractions of absorbents, wiping cloths and protective clothing contaminated by infectious substances - 15 02 02 | • commercial, separately collected fractions of absorbents, wiping cloths and protective clothing contaminated by infectious substances - 15 02 02 | ||
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! Colour of Packaging: Yellow | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Yellow | ||
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|Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |||
|Storage and incineration | |||
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| | |Waste Types and LoW code(s) | ||
|Infectious waste, contaminated with chemicals: | |||
Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |||
Infectious waste, contaminated with chemicals: | |||
• human healthcare - 18 01 03* and 18 01 06* or 18 01 07 | • human healthcare - 18 01 03* and 18 01 06* or 18 01 07 | ||
• animal healthcare - 18 02 02* and 18 02 05* or 18 02 06 | • animal healthcare - 18 02 02* and 18 02 05* or 18 02 06 | ||
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• animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* and 18 02 08 | • animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* and 18 02 08 | ||
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! Colour of Packaging: Red | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Red | ||
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|Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |||
|Storage and incineration | |||
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| | |Waste Types and LoW code(s) | ||
|Infectious anatomical waste, chemically preserved: | |||
Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |||
Infectious anatomical waste, chemically preserved: | |||
• Human healthcare – 18 01 03* and 18 01 06* or 18 01 07 | • Human healthcare – 18 01 03* and 18 01 06* or 18 01 07 | ||
• Animal healthcare – 18 02 02* and 18 02 05* or 18 02 06 | • Animal healthcare – 18 02 02* and 18 02 05* or 18 02 06 | ||
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• Animal healthcare - 18 02 03 | • Animal healthcare - 18 02 03 | ||
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! Colour of Packaging: Purple | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Purple | ||
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| Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | ||
Storage and incineration | |Storage and incineration | ||
Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |- | ||
Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines: | |Waste Types and LoW code(s) | ||
|Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines: | |||
• Human healthcare – 18 01 08* | • Human healthcare – 18 01 08* | ||
• Animal healthcare – 18 02 07* | • Animal healthcare – 18 02 07* | ||
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• Animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* and 18 02 07* or 20 01 31* | • Animal healthcare (may contain sharps) - 18 02 02* and 18 02 07* or 20 01 31* | ||
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! Colour of Packaging: Blue | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Blue | ||
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| Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | ||
Storage and incineration | |Storage and incineration | ||
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|Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |||
|Other waste medicines, excluding cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines - 18 01 09, 18 02 08 or 20 01 32 | |||
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| Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Black and Yellow ('tiger bags') | ||
Storage, incineration or landfill. Compaction, where specifically permitted. | |- | ||
Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | ||
Non-infectious offensive waste: | |Storage, incineration or landfill. Compaction, where specifically permitted. | ||
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|Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |||
|Non-infectious offensive waste: | |||
• Human healthcare – 18 01 04 | • Human healthcare – 18 01 04 | ||
• Animal healthcare – 18 02 03 | • Animal healthcare – 18 02 03 | ||
• Municipal, separately collected fractions of absorbents, wiping cloths and protective clothing not contaminated by infectious substances – 15 02 03 | • Municipal, separately collected fractions of absorbents, wiping cloths and protective clothing not contaminated by infectious substances – 15 02 03 | ||
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! Colour of Packaging: Not Specified | ! colspan="3"|Colour of Packaging: Not Specified | ||
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|Appropriate healthcare waste management activities | |||
|Storage, incineration or landfill. Compaction, where specifically permitted. | |||
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| | |Waste Types and LoW code(s) | ||
|Non-infectious offensive waste: | |||
Waste Types and LoW code(s) | |||
Non-infectious offensive waste: | |||
• Human healthcare – 18 01 04 | • Human healthcare – 18 01 04 | ||
• Animal healthcare – 18 02 03 | • Animal healthcare – 18 02 03 |