After sterilisation, infectious waste can be disposed of as non-infectious waste as recommended in Decree 13389.
Expired pharmaceutical products must also be confined to colour-coded containers.
X-ray wastes (X-ray fixers, X-ray films)and lead foil should ideally be collected by a licensed company or waste facility for material recovery.
Since Lebanon is still lackinginfrastructure for management of non-infectious hazardous waste,such waste will be stored and exported under the Basel Conventionas recommended by the Ministry of Environment until a solution is available on the national level (Lebanese Law 387/1994).