Texas Form Code · Lab Packs
Mixed lab packs
Waste Form
Lab Packs
Form Code
003
Regulation
30 TAC §335.521(c)
Under 30 TAC §335.503 every Texas industrial waste stream is coded with an 8-digit waste code: a 4-character sequence number assigned by the generator, this 3-digit form code, and a 1-character classification.
HHazardous Waste
Waste that is listed or characteristic hazardous waste under the federal RCRA rules (40 CFR Part 261), as adopted by reference in Texas. Carries EPA waste codes (D, F, K, P, U) alongside the Texas code.
1Class 1 Industrial Waste
Nonhazardous industrial waste that is potentially threatening: Class 1 toxic constituents at or above maximum leachable concentrations, ignitable (liquid flash point below 150 F or readily ignitable solid), corrosive (pH 2 or below, or 12.5 or above), 20 ppm or more total recoverable cyanides, or lacking the data to prove a lower class.
2Class 2 Industrial Waste
The default nonhazardous class: any industrial solid waste that does not meet the definition of hazardous, Class 1, or Class 3. Most routine industrial waste streams classify as Class 2.
3Class 3 Industrial Waste
Inert and essentially insoluble industrial waste posing no threat to human health or the environment: rock, brick, glass, dirt and certain plastics and rubber. Requires leachate testing showing no exceedances and no detectable TPH or PCBs.
A waste stream carrying form code 003 can classify as any of the four, depending on its constituents. Classification H streams also carry federal RCRA waste codes.
Containerized collections of small laboratory chemical quantities, packed for transport and disposal. The form code distinguishes old chemicals, debris, mixed packs, acute hazardous contents and waste pharmaceuticals.
Recognized recovery routes for this waste family, ranked by typical recovery tier. Which route fits depends on your specific stream — composition, volume and region.
Usable, on-spec laboratory chemicals pulled from lab packs can be redistributed as product; the remainder is consolidated by specialist processors for compliant downstream management.
40 CFR 261.2(c)(3) Table 1 — commercial chemical products being reclaimedOrganic lab-pack contents with fuel value route to fuel blending for energy recovery in permitted industrial furnaces after specialist sorting.
40 CFR Part 266 Subpart H — burning for energy recoveryThese are the typical routes for lab packs. Your stream's actual options depend on its composition and where it sits.
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