RCRA Hazardous Waste Number
Emission control dust/sludge from the primary production of steel in electric furnaces
Official source: 40 CFR Part 261 (eCFR)Hazard Basis
Listed - toxic
Industry Source
Iron and steel
Regulation
40 CFR Part 261
Need recovery options for a K061 stream?
Map recovery routes for K061Source-specific wastes from 13 named industries, including petroleum refining, wood preservation, pesticide manufacturing and iron and steel production. Each K code names both the industry and the exact process residue.
K codes apply only to the named industry and the named process residue.
Many K wastes have established recovery paths inside their industry (e.g. metals reclamation from refinery and steel residues).
Land disposal restrictions (40 CFR Part 268) set treatment standards before disposal.
European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes that describe an overlapping or equivalent waste stream to K061.
Recognized recovery routes for this waste family, ranked by typical recovery tier. Which route fits depends on your specific stream — composition, volume and region.
Metal-bearing industry residues — furnace dusts, pickle liquors, smelting residues — route to high temperature metals recovery, where zinc, lead and other metals return to commerce.
40 CFR 268.42 Table 1 — HTMR technology standardProcess 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) — reclamationBelow 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 standardsThese are the typical routes for the K list. Your stream's actual options depend on its composition and where it sits.
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