UNSPSC 80161701: Byproduct disposal or sale service

Services associated with the disposal of by-products of other processes and/or functions

UNSPSC 80161701 Byproduct disposal or sale service (Commodity) encompasses the collection, hauling, processing, and final disposition of industrial and municipal byproducts, residues, and waste streams generated during operations at water treatment facilities, wastewater plants, landfills, and other public infrastructure. State and local governments solicit this work across a diverse base of issuing bodies—water authorities, public works departments, environmental protection agencies, county commissions, cities, special districts, and transit agencies—most frequently to manage biosolids from treatment plants, sludge from fish hatcheries, ferric humate residuals from water treatment, universal waste from transit fleets, hazardous waste from municipal facilities, and disaster debris. Recent opportunities show activity concentrated in the Southeast and Southwest, with standout recent buyers including Collier County (biosolids and disaster debris), Michigan Department of Natural Resources (fish hatchery sludge), Illinois EPA (used tire removal), and multiple Florida counties and cities (ferric humate, biosolids, and curbside organics collection). The Michigan Department of Natural Resources posted RFP 260000002233 on July 14, 2026, for sludge removal and land application at two state fish hatcheries, with proposals due July 30, 2026 and a five-year contract term running September 2, 2026 through September 1, 2031; Collier County issued RFP 25-8403R on April 24, 2026, for biosolids hauling from five wastewater facilities, with a May 7, 2026 deadline and a five-year initial term plus three optional five-year renewals; and the City of Cincinnati released an RFI on July 16, 2026, for organic waste management strategic planning (due August 28, 2026), representing early-stage procurement in a growing waste diversion market. Geographic concentration appears strongest in Florida (Polk County, Pasco County, Collier County, Orange County Transportation Authority), Texas (City of San Antonio, City of Fort Worth, City of Tampa), Georgia (Clayton County, DeKalb Public Health, Macon Water Authority), and Illinois (EPA regions 1–4 for tire removal), with meaningful activity also in Michigan, South Carolina, Connecticut, Arizona, and Mississippi, reflecting the nationwide scope of water and waste infrastructure maintenance.