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U015 RCRA waste code Antibiotic that attacks cancer cells, discarded unused.

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U015, Azaserine.

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    Azaserine

U-list unused product.

U-listed hazardous waste for unused azaserine, a toxic antibiotic used in cancer research. It is rarely found outside laboratories.

Is U015 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. U015 covers the unused azaserine described below when it is discarded, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is a U-listed waste, not an acute P-listed one. The listing depends on the product and how it is discarded, not on a TCLP result alone.

U015 is nonacute hazardous waste. On a required hazardous waste manifest, put U015 in Item 13. See VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers.

What does U015 cover?

This covers unused azaserine discarded in pure or technical grade, or in a formulation where it is the only active ingredient. It also covers off-specification batches, residues in nonempty containers and spill cleanup residues from those products. Inactive ingredients don't stop azaserine counting as the sole active ingredient.

CAS
115-02-6
Table entries
Azaserine and L-Serine, diazoacetate (ester)
Hazard codes in the record
T (toxic)

Is azaserine waste always U015?

CodeWhen it fits
U015The unused chemical is discarded as a pure or technical grade product or as the sole active ingredient. Residues from that product also count.
Characteristic waste (D001–D043)A used chemical or a different formulation meets a hazardous-waste characteristic. Check any process listings that apply too.

Both can apply, since a listed unused product can also show a characteristic. Having this chemical in a manufacturing waste doesn't make the waste U015. Match the waste's origin, formulation and use history. Mixing listed waste with solid waste, or treating it, doesn't normally remove the listing. Only an exclusion, an exception or an approved delisting does.