Waste Classification Guide

For Solid Waste Facility Quarterly Reports

Solid Waste
Municipal Solid Waste Reuse Non-Municipal Solid Waste
(MSW)
C/D Foundry Coal FGD Other
Debris Ash Waste

WASTE TYPE CATEGORIES INCLUDED EXAMPLES

Residential - Consumer goods - Medical wastes
- Single- and multi-family units - Packaging wastes - Waste tires
- Other (campgrounds, parks, etc.) - Meals/lunchroom wastes
Commercial - Office wastes
- Retail and wholesale - Yard trimmings / vegetation
Municipal - Service industry - Appliances and furniture
Institutional - Automobile parts
(MSW) - Prisons, hospitals, schools, and - Rinsed pesticide containers
universities - Small animal carcasses
- Government sector - Household medical wastes
Industrial non-process - Household hazardous waste
- Offices, lunchrooms, restrooms (includes oil, batteries, etc.)
- Treated Infectious wastes
Construction / Demolition Uncontaminated solid waste - Roofing materials
- Construction industry resulting from the construction, - Plumbing and electrical
C/D Debris - Demolition companies remodeling, repair, or demoli- fixtures
tion of structures. For example: - Bricks, concrete, glass
- Scrap lumber, wallboard - Non-asbestos insulation
Foundry Foundry Waste - Waste sand, slag, sludge,
core waste, dust fines, etc.
Coal Ash Coal ash - Coal ash - Ash resulting from the
- Fly ash, bottom ash, etc. combustion of coal
FGD Waste Flue gas desulfurization byproducts - Scrubber / FGD sludge
- Pollution control sludges resulting from coal combustion
Other - Manufacturing process - Oil/ gas/ mining wastes
Any other non-municipal solid waste wastes (resins, oxides, etc.) - Incinerator residues
Other not classified as C/D, Foundry, Coal - Asbestos-containing wastes - Low-level PCB wastes
Ash, or FGD Waste. - Pollution control waste - Contaimated Soils

Reuse - Alternate Daily Cover

Reuse Waste material utilized for construction - Road Construction
purposes in a landfill. - Leachate Collection System Construction
for landfills only - Landscaping Mulch

If you have any questions, please contact IDEM at (317) 233-4624

Indiana Department of Environmental Management -- June 2001