U210 RCRA waste code Toxic dry-cleaning & degreasing solvent, also called perc.

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Based on 40 CFR 261.33 and EPA guidance
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U-listed waste
Tetrachloroethylene

U-list unused product.

Toxic U-listed hazardous waste for unused tetrachloroethylene, known as perc, a dry-cleaning & degreasing solvent.

Is U210 hazardous waste?

Yes, when the listing applies. U210 is a U-listed hazardous waste for unused tetrachloroethylene that is thrown away, including off-specification product and qualifying residues. It is nonacute, not an acute P-listed waste. The listing depends on the product and how it is discarded, not on a TCLP result alone.

On a required hazardous waste manifest, put U210 in Item 13. Also read VSQG exemptions and empty-container rules and pharmaceutical containers.

What does U210 cover?

This listing covers unused tetrachloroethylene thrown away as pure or technical grade, or in a product where it is the only active ingredient. That includes off-specification batches, residues left in nonempty containers and spill cleanup residues. Inactive ingredients don't change that.

CAS: 127-18-4
Table entries: Ethene, tetrachloro- / Tetrachloroethylene
Hazard codes in the record: T (toxic)
Rule: 40 CFR 261.33(f)

Is tetrachloroethylene waste always U210?

Code	When it fits
U210	The unused chemical is discarded as pure or technical grade, or as the sole active ingredient. Qualifying product residues count too.
D039	The waste’s TCLP extract holds tetrachloroethylene at 0.7 mg/L or more. The product listing can apply too.
F001	It is spent after use in degreasing, or is a still bottom from recovering that degreasing solvent.
F002	It is spent after solvent use, or is a recovery still bottom. Degreasing can bring in F001 as well.
Characteristic waste (D001–D043)	A used chemical or a different formulation meets a hazardous-waste characteristic. Assess any process listings that apply too.

A listed unused product can also exhibit a characteristic, so more than one row can apply. Having this chemical in a manufacturing waste doesn't make the waste U210. Match the waste’s origin, formulation and use history. Mixing listed waste with solid waste, or treating it, generally doesn't remove the listing. It takes an applicable exclusion, exception or approved delisting.

Which wastes take U210?

Waste	When it’s U210
Unused perchloroethylene product	The discarded commercial chemical product is pure or technical-grade tetrachloroethylene, or it is the sole active ingredient

Which codes sit beside U210?

Code	What it is
U206	Streptozotocin — a cancer medicine
U207	1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene
U208	1,1,1,2-Tetrachloroethane
U209	1,1,2,2-Tetrachloroethane
U211	Carbon tetrachloride
U213	Tetrahydrofuran
U214	Thallium(I) acetate
U215	Thallium(I) carbonate