# Packages containing hazardous waste · UPS — Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category

For Packages containing hazardous waste · UPS, item category is Packages containing hazardous waste; carrier is UPS; restriction type is prohibited; scope is United States, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.

- **Item category:** Packages containing hazardous waste _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** UPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** prohibited _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** United States _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> Packages containing hazardous waste, defined as a solid waste that meets any of the criteria of hazardous waste as described in 40 C.F.R. § 261.3, are not accepted for transportation.

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### Scope

> UPS® Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service – United States

## Source

- https://www.ups.com/assets/resources/webcontent/en_US/terms-service-us.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-31. Review by: 2027-08-31.
Part of [Mailing and air-carriage restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).