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F List — Wastes From Non-Specific Sources Listed - toxic

RCRA Hazardous Waste Number

F006

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

Official source: 40 CFR Part 261 (eCFR)

Hazard Basis

Listed - toxic

Regulation

40 CFR Part 261

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Classification

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Manufacturing process wastes that arise across many industries: spent solvents (F001-F005), electroplating and metal finishing wastes (F006-F019), and others. The code follows the process, not the industry.

How F006 is handled

01

F-listed wastes carry the code from the process that produced them, in any industry.

02

The mixture rule applies: mixing an F-listed waste into another stream generally makes the whole stream F-listed.

03

Spent solvent F codes (F001-F005) are among the most commonly recycled RCRA streams - solvent recovery and fuel blending are established routes.

EU equivalent codes

European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes that describe an overlapping or equivalent waste stream to F006.

EWC 11 01 09overlaps

F006 is electroplating wastewater sludge only, excluding several named sub-processes; EWC 11 01 09 covers hazardous sludges and filter cakes from any metal surface-treatment process.

Other F-list codes

F001The following spent halogenated solvents used in degreasing: Tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride, and chlorinated fluorocarbons; all spent solvent mixtures/blends used in degreasing containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or more of the above halogenated solvents or those solvents listed in F002, F004, and F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixturesF002The following spent halogenated solvents: Tetrachloroethylene, methylene chloride, trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, chlorobenzene, 1,1,2-trichloro-1,2,2-trifluoroethane, ortho-dichlorobenzene, trichlorofluoromethane, and 1,1,2-trichloroethane; all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or more of the above halogenated solvents or those listed in F001, F004, or F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixturesF003The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Xylene, acetone, ethyl acetate, ethyl benzene, ethyl ether, methyl isobutyl ketone, n-butyl alcohol, cyclohexanone, and methanol; all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing, before use, only the above spent non-halogenated solvents; and all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing, before use, one or more of the above non-halogenated solvents, and, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or more of those solvents listed in F001, F002, F004, and F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixturesF004The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Cresols and cresylic acid, and nitrobenzene; all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or more of the above non-halogenated solvents or those solvents listed in F001, F002, and F005; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixturesF005The following spent non-halogenated solvents: Toluene, methyl ethyl ketone, carbon disulfide, isobutanol, pyridine, benzene, 2-ethoxyethanol, and 2-nitropropane; all spent solvent mixtures/blends containing, before use, a total of ten percent or more (by volume) of one or more of the above non-halogenated solvents or those solvents listed in F001, F002, or F004; and still bottoms from the recovery of these spent solvents and spent solvent mixturesF007Spent cyanide plating bath solutions from electroplating operationsF008Plating bath residues from the bottom of plating baths from electroplating operations where cyanides are used in the processF009Spent stripping and cleaning bath solutions from electroplating operations where cyanides are used in the process
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Materials classified as F006

Common industrial materials that can carry the F006 waste code — each finder page shows exactly when it applies.

RCRA code for Electroplating Sludge

Where can a F006 stream go?

Recognized recovery routes for this waste family, ranked by typical recovery tier. Which route fits depends on your specific stream — composition, volume and region.

Metals recovery (HTMR / hydrometallurgical)

Medium recovery

Electroplating and metal-finishing residues carry recoverable nickel, copper, zinc and cadmium; high temperature metals recovery and hydrometallurgical processing are the established routes.

40 CFR 268.42 Table 1 — HTMR technology standard

In-process reclamation

Medium recovery

Process residues that still carry recoverable product or feedstock value can be reclaimed — processed to recover a usable material or regenerated for reuse — inside or outside the generating industry.

40 CFR 261.1(c)(4) — reclamation

Stabilization & controlled disposal

Low recovery

Below economic metal concentrations, stabilization to the land disposal restriction treatment standard followed by controlled disposal remains the default management route.

40 CFR 268.40 — LDR treatment standards

These are the typical routes for the F list. Your stream's actual options depend on its composition and where it sits.

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