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RCRA codes for mercury-containing equipment Thermostats, switches & gauges that hold liquid mercury.

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Mercury-containing equipment: 1 code.

Mercury-containing equipment

  • Characteristic hazardous waste

    Mercury

    Mercury leaching from mercury-containing equipment reaches the TCLP limit

    When to use D009
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Electrical equipment and fluorescent tubes, drawn for RCRA codes for mercury-containing equipment. Thermostats, switches & gauges that hold liquid mercury.
Toxic D009 hazardous waste. Mercury-containing equipment takes D009 when mercury leaches out at the TCLP limit.

Which RCRA codes apply to mercury-containing equipment?

Batteries and lamps use their own universal-waste categories.

CodeWhen it applies
D009Mercury in the leachate reaches the TCLP limit

How do I prove the code for mercury-containing equipment?

The equipment must be hazardous waste, and elemental mercury must be integral to how it works.

Is there another way to manage mercury-containing equipment?

Check the Universal-waste limits for the universal-waste route.

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