In the front office, break room, shop floor, and the back of the glove compartment in your car, you’re sure to find those neat individual packets of alcohol wipes. Small towelettes soaked in alcohol – usually isopropanol or ethanol – they’re handy to have around for small clean-ups. But how are they transported? The purpose of this article is to provide guidance in the classification of alcohol wipes for the purposes of transportation and to identify and explain an exception to the Hazardous Material Regulations (HMR) of the USDOT/PHMSA. (more…)