California waste code 561 Cleaning products thrown away as product.

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Based on California Title 22 and DTSC guidance
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Discarded detergent or soap

The detergent or soap itself is hazardous waste.

Hazardous detergent or soap waste. Cleaning sludge and spent cleaning solvent are coded by their own material.

Is California code 561 hazardous waste?

Not from the code alone. Waste must first be found hazardous. Code 561 isn't a restricted code, but a restricted category that fits takes priority over it. A code that isn't restricted doesn't make waste non-hazardous.

When a shipment needs the Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest, enter 561 in Item 13 for the waste line. Use one California code, plus the federal RCRA codes when the waste is federally hazardous.

RCRA waste meets a federal listing or characteristic, with no federal exclusion that applies. Non-RCRA waste is hazardous under California rules only. California presumes hazardous waste is RCRA unless the generator shows it isn't, so keep that determination.

What does California code 561 cover?

This code is for detergent or soap when that material itself is discarded and is hazardous waste. It isn't for sludge left by cleaning or solvent used up in cleaning. Classify those from their composition and source process.

Official wording: 22 CCR division 4.5, chapter 11, Appendix XII(b)

Is cleaning waste California code 561?

Code	When it fits
561	The discarded material itself is hazardous detergent or soap.
Another California code	The waste is cleaning sludge, spent solvent or another material produced during cleaning.

The product used for cleaning decides code 561, not the name of the cleaning job.

Which wastes take California code 561?

Waste	When it’s 561
Detergent and soap waste	Detergent or soap is discarded as the material itself, rather than cleaning sludge or solvent

Which codes sit beside California code 561?

Code	What it is
521	Mud from drilling
531	Chemical toilet waste
541	Photographic processing chemicals
551	Discarded laboratory chemicals
571	Fly, bottom or retort ash
581	Waste from a gas scrubber
591	Dust collected by a baghouse
611	Hazardous contaminated soil