40 CFR 262.11 requires a hazardous waste determination be completed by all generators of solid waste for all waste they generate (read this article on the Hazardous Waste Determination). To complete the determination may require a combination of samples analysis…
The Hazardous Waste Determination
To paraphrase 40 CFR 262.11: A person who generates a solid waste must determine if that waste is a hazardous waste using the following method: Is it excluded from regulation? Is it a listed hazardous waste? Is it a characteristic…
Inherently Waste-Like
40 CFR 261.2 defines a solid waste as any discarded material not excluded by regulation, variance, or non-waste determination. A discarded material is any material which is: Abandoned, Recycled, Considered inherently waste-like as described in paragraph (d), or A military munition…