What Makes a Waste “Hazardous Waste?”

In 1976, Congress passed the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to create a framework to properly handle hazardous wastes. Simple defined, Hazardous Waste is a waste with properties that make it dangerous or capable of having a harmful effect on human health or the environment. Hazardous Waste comes in many forms including liquids, solids, gases, and sludges. Wastes that fall under the Hazardous Waste category fall into mainly two areas: Listed or Characteristic. Listed Wastes are known hazards based on processes or industry specific wastes. Characteristic Wastes have a property of Ignitability, Corrosivity, Reactivity, or Toxicity and are shown by testing.

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