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RCRA Hazardous Waste (US, 40 CFR 261)

What is the RCRA waste code for Oily Rags & Absorbents?

Rags and absorbents contaminated with ignitable solvents (flash point below 60C) or oils may carry D001. Rags with hazardous heavy metals carry the corresponding D-code (D008 for lead, D009 for mercury).

Also searched as: oil-soaked rags, solvent-saturated wipes, contaminated absorbents, cleanup materials

Have a D001 stream? See the dossier that replaces the feasibility study.

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High recoverySolvent & organics reclamation
Medium recoveryFuel blending & energy recovery
Low recoveryDeactivation of the characteristic
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Which Code Applies?

RCRA classifies waste by source, process, and characteristics — not just material. Pick the row that matches how your oily rags & absorbents arises; each coded row links to the full waste code definition under 40 CFR Part 261.

D001 D List

Rags/absorbents with ignitable solvent or oil

Ignitable waste - liquids with flash point below 60 C (140 F), ignitable solids, oxidizers, and ignitable compressed gases

D008 D List

Containing lead

Toxicity characteristic waste - Lead at or above 5.0 mg/L (TCLP)

D009 D List

Containing mercury

Toxicity characteristic waste - Mercury at or above 0.2 mg/L (TCLP)

No code

Uncontaminated rags and absorbents

Not RCRA hazardous waste

Source: 40 CFR Part 261 — Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste

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Oily Rags & Absorbents

With a lab analysis, the engine checks the stream against each receiving route's published limits and returns what is supported, what is refused, and why. Without one yet, we tell you which routes it can evaluate and what analysis that needs.

What do you need?

An engineer replies within 1 business day. That reply confirms what is needed to run the dossier and when it can follow. A route the engine does not cover yet is reported as not yet evaluable, with the evidence that would change that.

See what the output looks like: a worked dossier.

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Source: 40 CFR Part 261

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