R140 national waste code Off-spec batches & process residue from making drugs.
- Free, no account
- DCCEEW hazardous-waste data and reporting standard 2025
- Nothing is stored
Find an Australian waste code
R140, Pharmaceutical-production waste.
National reporting
Pharmaceutical-production waste
R140 is a 2025 reporting category; choose a state code for a movement.
ComplyOnSiteIs National R140 hazardous waste?
Not from the code alone. R140 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 R140 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 R140 cover?
Waste from making or preparing pharmaceutical products. It is about manufacture, not the later use or disposal of the medicine.
- Official wording
- Waste from the production and preparation of pharmaceutical products
- Reporting group
- Clinical and pharmaceutical
- Description edition
- 2025
Is pharmaceutical-production waste National R140 or R120?
| Code | When it fits |
|---|---|
| R140 | The waste came from producing or preparing pharmaceutical products. |
| R120 | The medicine was thrown away after supply or use, not during manufacture. |
The stage decides the entry. Making or formulating is one thing, and waste after supply or use is another.
Which wastes take National R140?
| Waste | When it’s R140 |
|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical production waste | The residue comes from manufacturing or formulating pharmaceutical products. |