What is non-infectious hazardous waste in Vietnam?
May I ask, according to the latest regulations, what is non-infectious hazardous waste in Vietnam?
According to Clause 3, Article 4 of Circular 20/2021/TT-BYT (Effective from 10/01/2022), regulations on non-infectious hazardous wastes in Vietnam are as follows:
a) Discarded chemicals with ingredients and properties exceeding the hazardous waste threshold or with hazard warnings on their labels;
b) Discarded pharmaceutical products falling under the cytotoxicity category or with hazard warnings on their labels;
c) Medicine or chemical bottles and jars, other tools that contain medicine or chemical in the cytotoxicity category; or bottles that have hazard warnings on their labels;
d) Discarded used broken medical equipment which contains mercury, Cadmium (Cd); discarded batteries; discarded lead-coated materials used in radiation shielding;
dd) X-Ray film developer solutions, wastewater from testing and analysis equipment, and discarded fluids with hazardous elements exceeding the hazardous waste threshold;
e) Other health-care wastes that have ingredients and properties exceeding the hazardous waste threshold or have hazard warnings on their labels;
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