RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)
Wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating operations are F006, an F-listed hazardous waste. Plating bath residues from the bottom of baths are F008, and cyanide-containing plating bath solutions are F007.
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Wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating
Wastewater treatment sludges from electroplating operations except from the following processes: (1) Sulfuric acid anodizing of aluminum; (2) tin plating on carbon steel; (3) zinc plating (segregated basis) on carbon steel; (4) aluminum or zinc-aluminum plating on carbon steel; (5) cleaning/stripping associated with tin, zinc and aluminum plating on carbon steel; and (6) chemical etching and milling of aluminum
Plating bath residues from bottom of baths
Plating bath residues from the bottom of plating baths from electroplating operations where cyanides are used in the process
Cyanide plating bath solutions
Spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating operations
Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
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