RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)
Mixed unsegregated household and municipal waste is not a federal hazardous waste under RCRA. It is solid waste under state/local municipal disposal rules.
Also searched as: general waste, black bag waste, residual waste, household waste
Have a mixed-municipal-waste stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.
See the validation dossierNo federal hazardous waste code
Mixed Municipal 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 mixed municipal 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 mixed municipal waste arises; each coded row links to the full waste code definition under 40 CFR Part 261.
Mixed residential/commercial waste
Solid waste — state jurisdiction, not RCRA
Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste
Shipping to the EU?
See the EWC code for mixed municipal waste.
Mixed Municipal Waste
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