UNSPSC 11141608: Hazardous waste or scrap

UNSPSC 11141608 Hazardous waste or scrap, a Commodity code, covers removal, transport, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams as well as scrap metal and electronic waste recycling, with state and local governments contracting for collection services at facilities, recovery of commodity value from scrap materials, and compliant disposal at permitted treatment facilities. Recent solicitations show school districts, counties, cities, and special-purpose environmental authorities soliciting under this code for everything from paint and chemical disposal to biohazard waste removal, e-waste processing, scrap metal recovery, and tire management.

The issuing-body mix spans school districts (Granite School District in Utah; Buffalo Public Schools in New York), county governments (Fulton County, Georgia; Marion County, Florida; Pasco County, Florida; Salt Lake County, Utah; Ventura County, California; Sacramento County, California), state departments (Illinois Department of Corrections; Utah Department of Transportation; Maryland Environmental Service; California Department of Transportation), and city procurement offices (Detroit; Norwalk, Connecticut; Torrington, Connecticut). Counties and special districts appear frequently as repeat buyers of scrap metal and hazardous waste services. Geographic activity clusters in California (Ventura, Sacramento, Los Angeles counties; Caltrans operations), Florida (Marion, Pasco counties), New York (Buffalo Public Schools), Utah (Granite School District, Salt Lake County, UDOT), and Maryland (Maryland Environmental Service serving multiple sites). Representative recent solicitations include Granite School District's IFB JF27010 (annual hazardous material disposal and sump pumping, bids due July 21, 2026), Fulton County's ITB 26ITB042126C-MH (scrap metal removal with revenue share based on American Metal Market Index, bids due July 28, 2026), Marion County's ITB 26B-101 (hazardous waste collection, packaging, and EPA-permitted disposal, bids due July 16, 2026), County of Ventura's RFB 6528 and RFB 6527 (e-waste and metal recycling with revenue return to county, bids due June 24, 2026), and Buffalo Public Schools' RFP 26-0627E5-008 (hazardous waste management and disposal for 70 schools, proposals due April 23, 2026). MBE and SBE participation goals appear in several procurements, particularly Maryland Environmental Service contracts carrying 18 percent MBE set-asides and Caltrans offering 5 percent Small Business price preferences. Insurance requirements typically include $1 million to $2 million general liability and hazmat certifications, EPA licensing, and state waste transporter registration as standard qualifications across the code.