About Special Waste   Welcome to Allied Waste's new Special Waste website. We're here to help you: • Identify your non-hazardous special waste management needs • Understand and interpret federal, state and local regulatory and statutory requirements • Accurately complete documentation to obtain Special Waste disposal approval • Ensure that your non-hazardous waste is handled properly for disposal Special waste is defined as: any waste material which, because of its physical characteristics, chemical makeup, or biological nature requires either special handling procedures and permitting, or poses an unusual threat to human health, equipment, property, or the environment. Generally, special waste can include, but is not limited to: • Asbestos containing materials • Ash from fires, furnaces, boilers, or incinerators • Auto shredder fluff • Chemical compounds or petroleum products – new or used • RCRA empty containers • Contaminated soils and USTs • Debris and/or residue from spill cleanup work • Demolition waste from industrial facilities • Industrial process wastes • Liquid sludge and/or paste type material • Non-infectious medical waste • Off-specification products or outdated products (i.e. food, consumer or industrial products) • PCB waste • Pharmaceutical wastes • Pollution control wastes • Resource exploration, mining and production wastes • Sandblast grit Special Waste can be broken down into two categories: Industrial Waste or Pollution Control Waste. Some examples of each are: Industrial Waste • Fertilizer or agricultural chemicals • Food and related products • Inorganic chemicals production • Iron and steel manufacture or foundries • Chemicals production • Rubber, plastics and resins manufacturing • Pulp and paper industry • Off-specification retail products • Incinerator ashes • Rubber and plastics production • Stone, glass, clay, and concrete products • Textile industry • Transportation manufacturing • Metallic dust sweepings Pollution Controlled Waste • Water and wastewater treatment sludges • Contaminated soils • Baghouse dust • Scrubber sludges • Chemical spill cleanup wastes • Remedial activity cleanup wastes