UNSPSC 76121501: Garbage collection or destruction or processing or disposal

UNSPSC 76121501 Garbage collection or destruction or processing or disposal (Commodity) represents a broad spectrum of waste-handling services that state and local governments procure across municipal sanitation, facilities maintenance, and disaster response. Recent solicitations show the code spanning curbside residential and commercial trash collection, roll-off container rental and disposal, yard waste processing and mulching, debris removal, litter abatement, on-call emergency cleanup, and biomedical waste handling—work that ranges from routine weekly pickups at parks and government offices to specialized hazardous-material and organic-waste diversion. State departments, cities, counties, special districts, transit authorities, and independent agencies (parks, corrections, health systems, transportation departments) all post under this code. Texas agencies—particularly the Texas General Land Office, Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and Texas Health and Human Services Commission—appear as repeat buyers, alongside state environmental and parks agencies in California, Georgia, Minnesota, and Florida. Geographic concentration is heaviest in Texas, California, and the Southeast; northern states including Minnesota post for seasonal facilities and parks contracts. Representative recent solicitations include the Texas General Land Office's IFB for roll-off trash container rental and disposal across multiple state locations (due October 16, 2026); the City of Richardson's ITB for outdoor litter removal at 64 parks covering 31.6 million square feet with an estimated annual budget of $285,000 (due November 5, 2026); Caltrans' multi-station trash hauling contracts in Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties (due September 22 and October 22, 2026); Chatham County, Georgia's solicitation for processing and disposal of 75,000–80,000 tons of yard waste annually (due November 3, 2026); and the City of Benson, Arizona's RFP for exclusive residential solid waste collection for approximately 2,200 customers transitioning to 4,400 units (proposals due October 9, 2026).

Issuing bodies are diverse—state highway departments and departments of transportation manage maintenance-station collections; counties and cities bid citywide or district-wide collection programs serving thousands of residential and commercial accounts; state parks and wildlife agencies solicit facility-level trash services; and state-supported living centers and correctional facilities bid for institutional waste management. Contract terms typically run one to five years with renewal options; pricing structures vary between monthly subscription models for residential service, per-pickup or per-container rates, lump-sum bids for seasonal or ad-hoc work, and tonnage-based fees for bulk yard-waste processing. Set-asides and preferences are common where federal funding applies—DBE and SBE participation goals appear in transit-authority and HUD-funded cleanups, and VetHUB subcontracting plans are standard in Texas state procurement. Insurance thresholds are high (commonly $1–2 million general liability), and performance bonds often apply to multi-year contracts. Recent activity shows strong demand in Q4 2026 for winter and holiday-season cleanup preparation, year-round government facility services, and facility-improvement projects tied to budget cycles.