# Regulated medical waste (nonsharps), n.o.s. or Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. or (BIO) Medical waste, n.o.s. or Biomedical waste, n.o.s. or Medical waste, n.o.s. — Postal shipping restrictions by item category

For Regulated medical waste (nonsharps), n.o.s. or Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. or (BIO) Medical waste, n.o.s. or Biomedical waste, n.o.s. or Medical waste, n.o.s., item category is Regulated medical waste (nonsharps), n.o.s. or Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. or (BIO) Medical waste, n.o.s. or Biomedical waste, n.o.s. or Medical waste, n.o.s; carrier is USPS; restriction type is restricted; scope is domestic mail: surface only (air prohibited); conditions is Hazard class 6.2, UN3291, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: 6E, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Item category:** Regulated medical waste (nonsharps), n.o.s. or Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. or (BIO) Medical waste, n.o.s. or Biomedical waste, n.o.s. or Medical waste, n.o.s. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Carrier:** USPS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Restriction type:** restricted _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Scope:** domestic mail: surface only (air prohibited) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Conditions:** Hazard class 6.2, UN3291, packing group II; domestic mail air: Prohibited; domestic mail surface: 6E _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Regulated medical waste (nonsharps), n.o.s. or Clinical waste, unspecified, n.o.s. or (BIO) Medical waste, n.o.s. or Biomedical waste, n.o.s. or Medical waste, n.o.s. 6.2 UN3291 II Prohibited 6E

## Source

- https://pe.usps.com/cpim/ftp/pubs/pub52/pub52.pdf

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-08-10.
Part of [Postal shipping restrictions by item category](https://referencesource.org/shipping-restrictions-by-class/).