---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 265.315"
title: "40"
number: "265.315"
heading: "Special requirements for containers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/265.315"
---

# §265.315. 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

### Amendments

[50 FR 16048, Apr. 23, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6906, 6912, 6922, 6923, 6924, 6925, 6935, 6936, 6937, and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 16048, Apr. 23, 1985]