3 federal state/type code Expired, unused & rejected drugs and medicines.
- Free, no account
- Based on SOR/2021-25 and official ECCC guidance
- Nothing is stored
Find a Canadian waste code
3, Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines.
IWIC physical state and type codes
Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines
Use type 3 with its physical-state prefix: L3, P3, S3, G3.
ComplyOnSiteWhere does Federal state/type 3 go on the federal notification?
In the waste classification details. Federal state/type 3 describes a waste or recyclable line on the federal notification. Combine the Schedule 11 Part 2 number with L, P, S or G for the material's physical state. You choose the letter separately.
On federally regulated international shipments, the applicant enters the waste classification in the waste-line details of the federal notification in CNMTS. The movement rules and exclusions still apply.
What does Federal state/type 3 cover?
Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines. The waste must match this wording. A similar origin or name isn't enough without the same form, content or condition.
- Official wording
- Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines. (Y3)
- Rule
- SOR/2021-25
Is waste drugs and medicines Federal state/type 3?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| 3 | The waste is discarded pharmaceuticals, drugs or medicines. |
The 3 is the waste-type number. Add the L, P, S or G letter separately for the physical state.
Which codes sit beside Federal state/type 3?
| Code | What it is |
|---|---|
| 1 | Clinical care waste |
| 2 | Pharmaceutical manufacturing and preparation waste |
| 4 | Biocide and crop-treatment product waste |
| 5 | Wood-preservative chemical waste |
| 6 | Organic-solvent process waste |
| 7 | Waste from heat treatment and tempering operations that contains cyanides |
| 8 | Waste mineral oils that are unfit for their originally intended use |
| 9 | Waste oil and water, hydrocarbon and water mixtures and emulsions |