Managing Rejected Shipments of Universal Waste

If a universal waste handler sends a shipment that is then rejected by the receiving handler or the destination facility, the original handler must take one of the following actions:

• Receive the waste back
• Agree with the receiving handler on a different facility that can receive the shipment

Similarly, a universal handler may reject a shipment of universal waste. In this case, the handler must take one of the following actions:

• Send the shipment back to the original handler
• Send the shipment to a different facility, if both the originating and receiving handlers agree upon it

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