How to classify waste?

Medical waste is divided into:

1. Infectious waste:

18 01 02* - Body parts and organs and blood containers and preservatives used for its storage,
18 01 03* - Other waste containing live pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins and other forms capable of transferring genetic material, which are known or for which there are reliable grounds to believe that they cause diseases in humans and animals (e.g. infected diapers, sanitary napkins, underpads), excluding 18 01 80 and 18 01 82,
18 01 80* - Used peloids after procedures performed as part of medical activities with infectious properties,
18 01 82* - Residues from feeding patients in infectious wards,|

2. Hazardous waste other than infectious:

18 01 06* - Chemicals, including chemical reagents, containing dangerous substances
18 01 08* - Cytotoxic and cytostatic drugs,
18 01 10* - Dental amalgam waste,

3. Non-hazardous waste:

18 01 01 - Surgical and treatment instruments and their scrap (except 18 01 03*),
18 01 04 - Other wastes than those mentioned in 18 01 03 (e.g. dressings made of material or plaster, bed linen, disposable clothing, diapers),
18 01 07 - Chemicals, including chemical reagents, other than those mentioned in 18 01 06,
18 01 09 - Medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08,
18 01 81 - Used peloids from procedures performed as part of medical activities, other than those mentioned in 18 01 80,

4. Highly infectious medical waste:

18 01 02* - Body parts and organs and blood bags and preservatives used for its storage,
18 01 03* - Other wastes that contain live pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins and other forms capable of transferring genetic material that are known or for which there are reliable grounds to believe that they cause disease in humans and animals (e.g. infected diaper pants, sanitary towels, underpads), excluding 18 01 80 and 18 01 82,