3825.10.01.00 - Municipal waste

This HTS category, 3825.10.01.00, specifically covers **municipal waste**. This classification is intended for waste generated by households and similar commercial, industrial, and institutional facilities that, by its nature and volume, is similar to household waste. It encompasses discarded materials that are typically collected and disposed of by municipal services, such as refuse, garbage, and other solid waste originating from urban or community environments. The focus is on the origin and general composition of the waste rather than specific chemical properties.

It is important to distinguish municipal waste from its sibling categories within heading 3825. While other categories at this level address specific types of industrial or hazardous waste, such as sewage sludge (3825.20.00.00), clinical waste (3825.30.00.00), or waste from metal-pickling processes (3825.50.00.00), municipal waste is defined by its mixed, non-specialized domestic origin. It does not include waste that is specifically classified as hazardous or originating from particular industrial processes, unless those wastes are commingled with and treated as part of a municipal collection stream.

As this is a leaf node within the HTS structure, there are no further subcategories. Therefore, classification within 3825.10.01.00 is definitive for goods meeting the criteria of municipal waste, and no further breakdown is provided at this level. The classification relies on the understanding of the general nature of waste streams managed by public services.