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Safe Handling, Storage, and Destruction of Nitrate-Based Motion Picture Films • H-182 (ENG) 6
The transportation of cellulose nitrate
films is regulated by both the US DOT
and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA). Cellulose
nitrate-based films are considered
hazardous materials under USDOT and
hazardous wastes by USEPA.
You are required to include the
Shipping Name, ID Number, Hazard
Class, and Hazard Label on the shipping
papers that accompany the films for
destruction:
HAZARDOUS WASTE
TRANSPORTATION
Shipping Name Waste
Nitrocellulose, wet
with not less than
25% water, D001,
D003, D011
*
* Include EPA Waste Code D011 only for
shipping those films that are in one of the last
three stages of decomposition.
Identification
Number
UN 2555
Hazard Class 4.1
Hazard Label Flammable solid
Package waste nitrocellulose-based
films with not less than 25-percent water
and label as a flammable solid:
Waste nitrocellulose-based films
must be transported by a carrier that is
authorized by USDOT and USEPA to
transport hazardous waste. A hazardous
waste manifest and a Land Disposal
Restriction Form must accompany the
material during transport.
Once your cellulose nitrate film is
determined to be a hazardous waste, you
need to ship it to a treatment facility as
soon as possible, following the
transportation requirements outlined
above.
The appropriate treatment technology
for cellulose nitrate film is incineration.
The incinerating facility is required to
have an RCRA permit to treat all EPA
Hazardous Waste Numbers associated
with your waste. This includes D001,
D003, and possibly D011, depending on
the decomposition stage of the film.
Packaging Specifications
Steel drum 1A1, 1A2
Plastic drum 1H1, 1H2
DESTRUCTION
There are many facilities in the
United States that are permitted to
manage these types of waste. The
following companies provide trans-
portation and waste treatment. This list
is provided for your convenience and
does not constitute a recommendation or
endorsement by Kodak:
ENSCO, Inc.
Lincolnshire, IL
Corporate Sales Offices
(708) 945-5700
Ross Incineration
Grafton, OH
(800) 878-ROSS
WTS, Inc.
640 Park Place
Niagara Falls, NY
(716) 282-4100