RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)
Food waste is not a federal hazardous waste under RCRA. Biodegradable organic waste is regulated under state/local solid waste and compost rules.
Also searched as: kitchen waste, catering waste, organic waste, biowaste
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See the validation dossierNo federal hazardous waste code
Food Waste does not carry a federal RCRA hazardous waste code. It is regulated as solid waste under state and local rules, and specifics depend on your state environmental agency.
Not being federally hazardous does not mean it has no value — clean food waste is often a recovered commodity with active buyers.
RCRA classifies waste by source, process, and characteristics — not just material. Pick the row that matches how your food waste arises; each coded row links to the full waste code definition under 40 CFR Part 261.
Kitchen, canteen, catering waste
Not RCRA hazardous — solid waste jurisdiction
Food manufacturing byproducts
Depends on processing; some are animal feed, some are compostable
Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
Shipping to the EU?
See the EWC code for food waste.
Food Waste
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