R120 national waste code Out-of-date tablets, drugs & medicines.
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- DCCEEW hazardous-waste data and reporting standard 2025
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R120, Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals.
National reporting
Discarded medicines and pharmaceuticals
R120 is a 2025 reporting category; choose a state code for a movement.
ComplyOnSiteIs National R120 hazardous waste?
Not from the code alone. R120 is a DCCEEW category for hazardous-waste reporting. It groups national data and does not make every material with that description hazardous. State and territory rules decide the classification, exclusions and movement duties for a real load.
Enter R120 in the national waste-data category field when you report under that standard. It is not a national transport certificate. A movement needs the code and record accepted where it starts, plus any destination consignment authorisation an interstate controlled load needs. Use separate interstate movement controls for that, because a reporting code gives no state movement classification.
What does National R120 cover?
Discarded medicines, drugs and pharmaceutical products. It is for the medicine itself being thrown away, not waste made while manufacturing it.
- Official wording
- Waste pharmaceuticals, drugs and medicines
- Reporting group
- Clinical and pharmaceutical
- Description edition
- 2025
Is discarded medicine National R120 or R140?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| R120 | A medicine, drug or pharmaceutical is being thrown away. |
| R140 | The waste comes from manufacturing or formulating pharmaceuticals. |
The stage decides the entry. Making or formulating is one thing, and waste after supply or use is another.
Which wastes take National R120?
| Waste | When it’s R120 |
|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical waste | The medicine is discarded after supply or use, not during manufacture. |