Code |
Description |
W001 |
Lab packs from any source not containing acute hazardous waste |
W002 |
Contaminated debris: (e.g., certain paper, clothing, rags, wood, empty fiber or plastic containers, glass,piping, or other solids) |
W004 |
Lab packs from any source containing acute hazardous waste |
W005 |
Waste pharmaceuticals managed as hazardous waste |
W006 |
Airbag waste (airbag modules or airbag inflators managed as hazardous waste) |
W301 |
Contaminated soil (usually from spill cleanup |
W309 |
Batteries, battery parts, cores, casings |
W310 |
Filters, solid adsorbents, ion exchange resins and spent carbon |
W320 |
Electrical devices (lamps, thermostats, CRTs, etc.) |
W512 |
Sediment or lagoon dragout, drilling or other muds |
W801 |
Compressed gases |
Code |
Description |
W101 |
Very dilute aqueous waste containing more than 99% water (land disposal restriction defined wastewater that is not exempt under NPDES or POTW discharge) |
W103 |
Spent concentrated acid (5% or more) |
W105 |
Acidic aqueous wastes less than 5% acid (diluted but pH <2) |
W107 |
Aqueous waste containing cyanides (generally caustic) |
W110 |
Caustic aqueous waste without cyanides (pH >12.5) |
W113 |
Other aqueous waste or wastewaters (fluid but not sludge) |
W117 |
Waste liquid mercury (metallic) |
W119 |
Other inorganic liquid |
Code |
Description |
W200 |
Still bottoms in liquid form (fluid but not sludge) |
W202 |
Concentrated halogenated (e.g., chlorinated) solvent |
W203 |
Concentrated non-halogenated (e.g., non-chlorinated) solvent |
W204 |
Concentrated halogenated/non-halogenated solvent mixture |
W205 |
Oil-water emulsion or mixture (fluid but not sludge) |
W206 |
Waste oil managed as hazardous waste |
W209 |
Paint, ink, lacquer, or varnish (fluid - not dried out or sludge) |
W210 |
Reactive or polymerizable organic liquids and adhesives (fluid but not sludge) |
W211 |
Paint thinner or petroleum distillates |
W219 |
Other organic liquid |
Code |
Description |
W303 |
Ash (from any type of burning of hazardous waste) |
W304 |
Slags, drosses, and other solid thermal residues |
W307 |
Metal scale, filings and scrap (including metal drums) |
W312 |
Cyanide or metal cyanide bearing solids, salts or chemicals |
W316 |
Metal salts or chemicals not containing cyanides |
W319 |
Other inorganic solids |
Code |
Description |
W401 |
Pesticide solids (used or discarded; not contaminated soils) |
W403 |
Solid resins, plastics or polymerized organics |
W405 |
Explosives or reactive organic solids |
W406 |
Dried paint (paint chips, filters, air filters, other) |
W409 |
Other organic solids |
Code |
Description |
W501 |
Lime and/or metal hydroxide sludges and solids with no cyanides (not contaminated muds) |
W503 |
Gypsum sludges from wastewater treatment or air pollution control |
W504 |
Other sludges from wastewater treatment or air pollution control |
W505 |
Metal bearing sludges (including plating sludge) not containing cyanides |
W506 |
Cyanide-bearing sludges (not contaminated soils) |
W519 |
Other inorganic sludges (not contaminated muds) |
Code |
Description |
W603 |
Oily sludge (not contaminated muds) |
W604 |
Paint or ink sludges, still bottoms in sludge form (not contaminated muds) |
W606 |
Resins, tars, polymer or tarry sludge (not contaminated muds) |
W609 |
Other organic sludge |