The industries Greer works in
A plating line, a refinery turnaround and a teaching laboratory generate completely different streams under completely different rules. Each page below starts from what that facility type actually produces rather than from what a waste company would like to sell it.
21 pages under industries
Each industries page names the one thing that decides it — and the cases where a different page on this site fits your stream better.
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Aerospace
The waste is generated by the maintenance cycle, not the build
Read the page: Aerospace -
Analytical Laboratories
One kilogram can outweigh a ton
Read the page: Analytical Laboratories -
Automotive
The easier rules are conditional, and the condition is segregation
Read the page: Automotive -
Chemical Manufacturing
The mixture rule and the derived-from rule
Read the page: Chemical Manufacturing -
Consumer Product Manufacturing
Finished goods are the hardest stream you have
Read the page: Consumer Product Manufacturing -
Educational Institutions
Subpart K exists because campuses are not factories
Read the page: Educational Institutions -
Environmental Consulting
Whose name goes on the manifest?
Read the page: Environmental Consulting -
Food Manufacturing
The product is not the problem. The cleaning is.
Read the page: Food Manufacturing -
Government
Household waste is excluded, and that is not the end of the sentence
Read the page: Government -
Healthcare, Biotech & Pharmaceutical
Subpart P, and the end of the drain
Read the page: Healthcare, Biotech & Pharmaceutical -
Manufacturing
You are one generator, not one process
Read the page: Manufacturing -
Metal Manufacturing & Plating
Listed, not characteristic
Read the page: Metal Manufacturing & Plating -
Military
AFFF is the stream the rules are still moving under
Read the page: Military -
Oil & Gas
The exploration and production exclusion, and its edges
Read the page: Oil & Gas -
Paint and Coatings Manufacturing
Was the solvent used as a solvent?
Read the page: Paint and Coatings Manufacturing -
Petrochemical Manufacturing
Two regimes counting the same drum
Read the page: Petrochemical Manufacturing -
Refineries
The code follows the unit, not the analysis
Read the page: Refineries -
Shipbuilding
The old paint decides what the grit is
Read the page: Shipbuilding -
Transportation
Generator obligations and transporter obligations are not the same set
Read the page: Transportation -
Utilities
PCBs are TSCA, not RCRA
Read the page: Utilities -
Wood Manufacturing
Untreated wood is a product. Treated wood is a decision.
Read the page: Wood Manufacturing
Not sure which industries page applies?
Describe the process and roughly how much there is. A Certified Hazardous Materials Manager reads every request, across 8 states.