UNSPSC 11141700: Food and tobacco waste and scrap

UNSPSC 11141700 Food and tobacco waste and scrap, a Class code, encompasses the pickup, processing, recycling, and disposal of waste materials including food waste, scrap metals, electronic waste, hazardous waste, and waste tires generated by state and local government facilities. State and local governments procure under this code for routine removal of accumulated scrap metals and materials from agency properties, specialized recycling services for e-waste and metals with documented commodity pricing, food waste recovery and recycling services aligned with sustainability goals, and disposal services for hazardous and tire waste. Issuing bodies include city solid waste departments (Tampa, DeBary), county environmental and purchasing offices (Fulton County Georgia, Marion County Florida, Pasco County Florida, Ventura County California, Milwaukee County Wisconsin), state correctional facilities (Illinois Department of Corrections), regional waste authorities (Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County), and municipal sustainability divisions (Salt Lake City). Many solicitations are structured as revenue-generating or cost-recovery contracts where vendors either pay the jurisdiction based on commodity market values or receive compensation scaled to recovered material value.

Recent activity spans Florida, Georgia, Illinois, California, Wisconsin, and Utah, with the highest concentration of waste-specific opportunities in Florida counties and California coastal jurisdictions. Representative opportunities include Tampa's sealed bid for waste tire disposal at an estimated $300,000 over three years (IFB, due September 4, 2026), Fulton County Georgia's scrap metal removal contract where bidders compete on percentage retention of American Metal Market Index pricing (ITB, due July 28, 2026), Ventura County's e-waste and metal recycling bids awarding to highest revenue return (RFB, due June 24, 2026), Pasco County's as-needed waste tire management services with local preference provisions (IFB, due June 23, 2026), and Salt Lake City's Request for Information on food waste recycling and recovery vendors to support a zero-waste 2040 goal (RFI, due October 16, 2026). The Solid Waste Authority of Palm Beach County is also pursuing a mass-burn waste-to-energy facility design-build-operate-maintain contract with Letters of Interest due November 18, 2026, representing a higher-capital-intensity procurement. Sourcewell, the Minnesota cooperative purchasing vehicle, posted an RFP for material processing and recycling equipment with related products and services (due November 24, 2026) serving multiple participating entities across state and local jurisdictions.