This fact sheet provides guidance on how to correctly complete and manage a hazardous waste manifest. To ensure that the manifest distribution requirements are met 3. The manifest serves as an immediate identifier for waste characteristics, potential incompatibilities, quantities, etc. A manifest is used when Harvard University offers hazardous waste for transportation to off-site waste facilities. A manifest may also be used to transport non-hazardous wastes in some special cases.
Most states have their own version of a manifest.
A manifest requires substantial technical information and should only be completed by specially trained individuals. For waste shipments of hazardous waste destined for state other than Massachusetts, special manifests may be needed. LDR forms indicate to the TSDF that the waste either meets or exceeds certain technical treatment standards. A manifest requires a substantial amount of administrative and technical information. This section describes the required content of a manifest.