Texas waste codes for oily rags and absorbents Rags, pads & absorbent soaked in oil or fuel.

Organic solids
Petroleum-contaminated solids
Nonpumpable petroleum-contaminated organic absorbents.
When to use 489
Inorganic solids
Spent solid filters or adsorbents
Spent nonpumpable inorganic filters or adsorbents.
When to use 310
Organic solids
Other nonhalogenated organic solids
Other nonhalogenated organic solids with no more specific form.
When to use 409

Petroleum-soaked organic absorbents are 489. Spent inorganic absorbents are 310 & other organic solids 409.

Which Texas form code fits oily rags and absorbents?

Form	When it fits
489	Nonpumpable petroleum-contaminated organic absorbents.
310	Spent nonpumpable inorganic filters or adsorbents.
409	Other nonhalogenated organic solids with no more specific form.

Solvent-contaminated wipes have a conditional exclusion.

Keep them in closed, nonleaking containers labeled Excluded Solvent-Contaminated Wipes for no more than 180 days.

They must have no free liquids when sent.

Keep records of the destination, time limit and liquid-removal process.

For reuse, send them to a qualifying Clean Water Act-regulated laundry or dry cleaner.

For disposal, use a qualifying landfill or combustor.

The disposal exclusion doesn't cover trichloroethylene-contaminated wipes.

Wipes don't qualify if they hold other listed hazardous waste or have a hazardous characteristic from a non-solvent contaminant.

Manage removed liquids separately.

Ordinary oily rags don't qualify automatically.

Use petroleum classification for petroleum contamination and paint-related eligibility for paint residues.

Keep liquid that drains from the absorbent in its own waste stream.