UNSPSC 11141608: Hazardous waste or scrap

UNSPSC 11141608 Hazardous waste or scrap, a Commodity code, encompasses the collection, removal, transportation, treatment, and disposal of hazardous materials, medical and biological wastes, scrap metals, waste tires, electronic waste, and related materials generated by state and local government facilities. State and local governments procure under this code for laboratory chemical disposal, medical examiner biohazardous waste streams, wastewater containing petroleum products and PFAS, scrap metal and equipment removal from correctional facilities and county properties, waste tire management from transfer stations, e-waste recycling, and beneficial reuse of biosolids from wastewater treatment plants. Issuing bodies span state environmental and transportation agencies, county governments (particularly environmental service departments), municipal solid waste authorities, school districts, correctional facilities, and special-purpose authorities. Repeat buyers include the Maryland Environmental Service, Milwaukee County (medical examiner and zoo waste services), the Idaho State Department of Agriculture, and Fulton County, Georgia.

Recent activity concentrates in Florida, Maryland, Wisconsin, Idaho, Georgia, California, Rhode Island, and Utah. Representative recent opportunities include Milwaukee County's re-bid for medical-biological and hazardous waste removal and processing for the Medical Examiner's office (ITB, due October 7, 2026); the Idaho State Department of Agriculture's RFQ for hazardous waste removal from laboratories in Boise and Twin Falls (due October 1, 2026, covering inventory, packing, manifesting, transport, and disposal of laboratory chemicals under RCRA and DOT compliance); Sourcewell's RFP on behalf of Minnesota participating entities for material processing and recycling equipment with related products and services (due November 24, 2026); Marion County, Florida's ITB for collection, laboratory packaging, transportation, and disposal of hazardous waste from household collection events and municipalities (due July 16, 2026); the City of Tampa's sheltered-market ITB for waste tire disposal at an FDEP-permitted facility for approximately 2,000 tons of passenger tires and 250 tons with rims ($300,000 estimated value, due September 4, 2026, with 5% SLBE bid discount); Pasco County, Florida's IFB for as-needed waste tire management from two collection sites (approximately 1,000 tons annually, due June 23, 2026, with local preference); and the Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County's RFEI for demolition, design, construction, and long-term operation and maintenance of a new 2,550-ton-per-day mass-burn waste-to-energy facility (due November 18, 2026). School districts and county sheriffs also solicit under the code for hazardous material disposal and medical waste streams; Granite School District's IFB for hazardous material disposal and sump pumping services across multiple Utah locations (due July 21, 2026) and Salt Lake County's solicitation for collection and disposal of medical biohazardous and sharps waste and animal carcasses (due June 2, 2026) exemplify this segment.