Paragraph 39
The secure storage at a pharmacy or at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice or a needle exchange facility, of the wastes listed in Table 15 (including those which are special waste) which have been returned to those places from care services, households or by individuals if—
the total quantity of such returned waste at the pharmacy or premises does not at any time exceed 10 cubic metres;
the total amount of such waste returned in any 24 hour period does not exceed 5 kilograms or, as the case may be, 5 litres; and
any waste so returned to the pharmacy or premises is not stored there for longer than 3 months.
The secure storage at the premises of a medical, nursing or veterinary practice of the wastes listed in Table 15 (including special waste) produced in carrying on that practice if—
in the case of liquid waste, it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 23,000 litres;
in any other case, either—
it is stored in a secure container and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 80 cubic metres; or
it is stored in a secure place and the total volume of that waste does not at any time exceed 50 cubic metres; and
no such waste is stored at those premises for longer than one year.
In the case of any waste batteries, secure storage under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) must take place in accordance with the treatment conditions.
In this paragraph, “care services” has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Regulation of Care (Scotland) Act 2001f1.
Table 15
Codes f2 | Types of waste |
|---|---|
(1) Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue. | |
(2) Includes special waste. | |
| Wastes from electrical and electronic equipment (16 02) | |
| 16 02 09f3 | Transformers and capacitors containing PCBs |
| 16 02 10 | Discarded equipment containing or contaminated by PCBs other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 |
| 16 02 11 | Discarded equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons, HCFC, HFC |
| 16 02 12 | Discarded equipment containing free asbestos |
| 16 02 13 | Discarded equipment containing hazardous components other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 12 |
| 16 02 14 | Discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 09 to 16 02 13 |
| 16 02 15 | Hazardous components removed from discarded equipment |
| 16 02 16 | Components removed from discarded equipment other than those mentioned in 16 02 15 |
| Batteries and accumulators (16 06) | |
| 16 06 01 | Lead batteries |
| 16 06 02 | Ni-Cd batteries |
| 16 06 03 | Mercury-containing batteries |
| 16 06 04 | Alkaline batteries (except 16 06 03) |
| 16 06 05 | Other batteries and accumulators |
| Wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans (18 01) | |
| 18 01 01 | Sharps (except 18 01 03 – waste whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection) |
| 18 01 02 | Body parts and organs including blood bags and blood preserves (except 18 01 03) |
| 18 01 03 | Wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection |
| 18 01 04 | Wastes 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 07 | Chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 01 06 (chemicals consisting of or containing dangerous substances) |
| 18 01 08 | Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines |
| 18 01 09 | Medicines other than those mentioned in 18 01 08 |
| Wastes from research, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease involving animals (18 02) | |
| 18 02 01 | Sharps (except 18 02 02 – wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection) |
| 18 02 02 | Wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection |
| 18 02 03 | Wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special requirements in order to prevent infection |
| 18 02 06 | Chemicals other than those mentioned in 18 02 05 (chemicals consisting of or containing dangerous substances) |
| 18 02 07 | Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines |
| 18 02 08 | Medicines other than those mentioned in 18 02 07 |
| Separately collected fractions (20 01) | |
| 20 01 31 | Cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines |
| 20 01 32 | Medicines other than those mentioned in 20 01 31 (cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines) |
| 20 01 33 | Batteries and accumulators included in 16 06 01, 16 06 02 or 16 06 03 and unsorted batteries and accumulators containing these batteries |
| 20 01 34 | Batteries and accumulators other than those mentioned in 20 01 33 |
| 20 01 35 | Discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21 and 20 01 23 containing hazardous components |
| 20 01 36 | Discarded electrical and electronic equipment other than those mentioned in 20 01 21, 20 01 23 and 20 01 35 |
| 20 01 99 | Other fractions not otherwise specified |
Annotations
Footnotes
- f1
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2001 asp 8, as relevantly amended by the Smoking, Health and Social Care (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 13) Part 6 section 29; the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 4) Part 1 Chapter 1 section 7; the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 14) Part 4 section 82(1) and by S.S.I. 2010/21 Schedule 1 paragraph 6(2).
- f2
(1)
Codes referred to in the European Waste Catalogue.
- f3
(2)
Includes special waste.