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P118 RCRA waste code Toxic sulfur-chlorine liquid, discarded unused.

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P118, Trichloromethanethiol.

  • Acute hazardousP-listed waste

    Trichloromethanethiol

P-list unused product.

Acute hazardous P-listed waste for unused trichloromethanethiol, a toxic, foul-smelling liquid. Only unused product takes P118.

Is P118 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. P118 is for unused trichloromethanethiol that is thrown away, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is acute hazardous waste, so the stricter acute quantities apply even for a small amount.

Put P118 in Item 13 of a required hazardous waste manifest. The VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers have their own limits.

What does P118 cover?

It covers unused trichloromethanethiol thrown away pure, at technical grade, or in a formulation where it is the only active ingredient. It also takes in off-specification batches, residues left in nonempty containers and cleanup residues from spills of these products. Inactive ingredients don't stop it counting as the only active ingredient.

CAS
75-70-7
Table entries
Methanethiol, trichloro- / Trichloromethanethiol
Hazard codes in the record
H (acute hazardous)

Is trichloromethanethiol waste P118 or another code?

CodeWhen it fits
P118Thrown away unused, pure or technical grade, or as the only active ingredient. Qualifying product residues count too.
Characteristic waste (D001–D043)A used chemical or a different formulation that meets a hazardous-waste characteristic. Any process listings that apply count too.

Both rows can apply at once, because a listed unused product can also have a characteristic. Having this chemical in a manufacturing waste doesn't make the waste P118. Match the waste's origin, formulation and use history. Mixing or treating listed waste generally doesn't remove the listing. That takes an exclusion, an exception or an approved delisting.