{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-266.505","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 266.505","heading":"Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.","body":"All healthcare facilities—including very small quantity generators operating under § 262.14 of this subchapter in lieu of this subpart—and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly-owned treatment works. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR 403.5(b).","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER I—SOLID WASTES","PART 266—STANDARDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF SPECIFIC HAZARDOUS WASTES AND SPECIFIC TYPES OF HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES","Subpart P—Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"f227d47be00a420186a0bdfc5149d9d4017ce65a5b7377184bf42293f45f7cd1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-266.504","next":"us/40-cfr-266.506"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}