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Helpful Links to California Department of Toxic Substance Control Fact Sheets

Waste	Type	Links
Used Oil	Hazardous Waste	Used Motor Oil DTSC Used Oil Fact Sheet
Coolant	Hazardous Waste or Recycle and reuse onsite	DTSC Antifreeze Recycling Fact Sheet DTSC Letter: Waste Antifreeze Recycling
Brake fluid	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Letter: Brake Fluid Recycling
Oil filters	Drain and manage as used oil filters (metal only)	DTSC Used Oil Filters Fact Sheet
Fuel filters	Drain and manage as used oil filters (metal only)	DTSC Fact Sheet: Management of Waste Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Filters
Rags	Send for cleaning and reuse or Hazardous Waste	Link to HSC 25144.6
Absorbents	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Letter: Determination of Absorbents Used to Absorb Minor Spills in Maintenance Operations
Tires	Waste Tire Hauler or Hazardous Waste	CalRecycle Web Page: Used/Waste Tire Manifest Program
Paints	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Fact Sheet: Minimizing Paint Waste
Solvents	Hazardous Waste or Recycle and Reuse onsite	DTSC Fact Sheet: Solvent Recycling
Metal items (e.g., water pumps, alternators, power steering pumps, wheel bearings, U-joints, etc.)	Scrap metal or Hazardous Waste	DTSC Letter: Scrap Metal Recycling
Paint booth filters	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Letter: Disposing of Filters from Paint Booths
Machining wastes (chips)	Scrap metal or Hazardous Waste	DTSC Letter: Metal Shaving Recycling from Brake Repair Activities
Machining wastes (fines)	Hazardous Waste or Excluded Recyclable Material to a primary smelter	DTSC Letter: Scrap Metal Exclusion Pertaining to Lead Shot
Machining wastes & HEPA filter wastes (dusts/sludges)	Hazardous Waste or Excluded Recyclable Material to a primary smelter	DTSC Letter: Reclamation of "SWARF" and Contaminated Wipe Rags
Oil/Water separator sludge (A.K.A., clarifier waste, or sump tank sludge, or tank bottom sludge)	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Oil Water Separator Fact Sheet
Floor sweepings containing no identifiable spilled materials	Regular trash	DTSC Flyer: Dry Floor Clean Up DTSC Fact Sheet: Floor Clean Up
Floor sweepings with spilled hazardous materials	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	DTSC Fact Sheet: Floor Clean Up
Lead acid batteries (Automotive)	Recycle lead-acid batteries	DTSC Fact Sheet: Management of Spent Lead-Acid Batteries
Batteries other	Universal Waste	Universal Waste DTSC Web page: Universal Wastes
HID lamps	Universal Waste	Universal Waste DTSC Web Page: Universal Wastes
Fluorescent lamps	Universal Waste	Universal Waste DTSC Web Page: Universal Wastes DTSC Web Page: Universal Waste for Small Businesses - Fluorescent Lamps
Lamps other	Verify nonhazardous or Hazardous Waste	Universal Waste DTSC Web Page: Universal Wastes
Lead wheel weights	Scrap metal or Hazardous Waste	Wheel Weights DTSC Web Page: Lead Wheel Weights
Aerosol cans, empty	Regular trash	DTSC Fact Sheet: Managing Empty Containers DTSC Web Page: Universal Waste for Small Businesses - Non-Empty Aerosol Cans DTSC Fact Sheet: SB 1158 Designates Aerosol Cans as "Universal Waste"
Aerosol cans, not empty	Universal Waste	DTSC Web Page: Universal Waste for Small Businesses - Non-Empty Aerosol Cans DTSC Fact Sheet: SB 1158 Designates Aerosol Cans as "Universal Waste"
Empty containers, 5gal. or less	Regular trash	DTSC Fact Sheet: Managing Empty Containers
Empty containers, greater than 5gal.	Recycle for scrap value or Hazardous Waste	DTSC Fact Sheet: Managing Empty Containers
Mercury switches (trunk lights, hood lights, abs switches, four wheel drive switches, etc.)	Universal Waste	DTSC Fact Sheet: How to Manage Mercury Switches in Vehicles
Air bags	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	Air bags
Seatbelt Pretensioners	Hazardous Waste or Verify nonhazardous	Seatbelt Pretensioners