---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 264.315"
title: "40"
number: "264.315"
heading: "Special requirements for containers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/264.315"
---

# §264.315. Special requirements for containers.


Unless they are very small, such as an ampule, containers must be either:

- (a) At least 90 percent full when placed in the landfill; or
- (b) Crushed, shredded, or similarly reduced in volume to the maximum practical extent before burial in the landfill.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 47 FR 32365, July 26, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6924, 6925, and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.