Federal obligations in other waste collection (NAICS 562119)

A residual collection code, not hazardous-waste NAICS

NAICS 562119 is the “other” bucket inside waste collection. Named neighboring lines cover solid waste and hazardous waste. Collection work that contracting officers cannot place on those named lines can land here. The $4,135,748,683.25 total is that residual collection tag, not a census of every dumpster the government uses and not hazardous-waste treatment (562211).

Remediation services (562910) and hazardous-waste treatment and disposal are separate industry pages. Adding them to 562119 would mix cleanup and disposal with residual collection. SpendingVault reports the USAspending award tag, not an EPA handler ID list and not an FEC employer string such as “waste.”

766 awards: concentration on a residual class

Seven hundred sixty-six awards produced $4,135,748,683.25 in obligations. That is a thin action count next to wholesale or food-manufacturing files with tens or hundreds of thousands of lines. Large collection vehicles can dominate a residual class; the packet does not name those vehicles. The table shows tagged dollars and the 766-award count, not a typical route size.

Obligations move with new awards, options, and modifications, including deobligations. Outlays are payments for collection performed and are not this $4,135,748,683.25 rollup. A multi-year collection vehicle can show a large commitment while invoices follow pickups. The industry page does not convert obligations into a tonnage calendar.

Contract NAICS versus cleanup grants

USAspending.gov stores NAICS on contract actions. Superfund cooperative agreements, brownfield grants, and many state solid-waste assistance awards often have no NAICS field. Those dollars will not add to the 766 awards even when trucks roll. Open program pages for grant-funded waste work.

The label is a Census residual collection classification. It is not a manifest count, not a landfill inventory, and not campaign-finance text. Cite USAspending.gov via SpendingVault for $4,135,748,683.25 and the 766-award count.

Reading the 562119 table

The hub lists recipients and awards that share this NAICS tag. A large obligation is a disclosed commitment. It is not a finding that a site was contaminated, that a truck spilled, or that a small business was excluded. SpendingVault does not score environmental outcomes from the dollar total.

Use award IDs, not the $4,135,748,683.25 headline, to separate two companies. Subcontracted haulers may be missing if the prime coded a different 562 line. UEI and name changes are ordinary in the file.

Neighboring 562 waste codes

Hazardous-waste treatment (562211) and remediation (562910) are separate pages. Adding them to $4,135,748,683.25 would mix treatment and cleanup with residual collection. That recode is not this page.

Assistance without NAICS remains outside the 766-award count. For a hauler that also holds cleanup grants, open the recipient record. This guide stays on contract NAICS 562119 from USAspending.gov. Keep obligations distinct from outlays.

Why a residual collection code can look “large-dollar, few awards”

With only 766 awards, a handful of modifications can move $4,135,748,683.25 more than they would in a 200,000-line wholesale code. That sensitivity is a file trait, not a pollution ranking. Named solid-waste and hazardous-waste collection lines stay outside this residual unless those actions were tagged 562119. SpendingVault does not reclassify them into this row.

Searchers who want “all federal waste contracting” must add treatment, remediation, and named collection codes and will still miss assistance. This page does not perform that recode. Cite contract NAICS 562119 only. Do not treat the row as an FEC occupation called hauler or as an EPA enforcement statistic. The $4,135,748,683.25 figure remains an obligation stock on USAspending.gov. Modifications that cut a route will lower the running total without publishing a tonnage figure on this hub. Open award rows for waste-stream descriptions. Neighboring 562 lines stay on their own pages unless those awards were tagged 562119. Keep 562211 hazardous-waste treatment on its own industry page. A residual collection vehicle tagged 562119 still sits in $4,135,748,683.25; a treatment plant tagged 562211 does not. The 766 awards remain an action count, not a landfill census. Keep 562910 remediation on its own page. Cite USAspending.gov contract NAICS 562119 only. The headline is still obligations, not outlays. Open award rows for waste-stream lists this hub does not publish.

Questions

How much has the federal government obligated under NAICS 562119?

USAspending.gov contract aggregates on SpendingVault show $4,135,748,683.25 in obligations across 766 awards tagged other waste collection. The number is obligations, not outlays. Assistance cleanup grants without NAICS are omitted. It is not hazardous-waste treatment 562211, not remediation 562910, and not an FEC “waste” string.

Does this include hazardous-waste treatment?

Hazardous-waste treatment and disposal is NAICS 562211. Those awards will not add to the $4,135,748,683.25 total unless tagged 562119. The 766 awards are the residual other-waste-collection contract tag from USAspending.gov via SpendingVault. Adding 562211 is a recode you must document.

Why are there only 766 awards?

The packet reports 766 awards and $4,135,748,683.25 in obligations. Residual collection contracts can be fewer, larger vehicles than catalog wholesale orders. The file does not split vehicle type. A thin award count is a characteristic of this NAICS tag, not a statement that federal waste work is small across all 562 codes.

Are Superfund grants in this total?

Those programs are usually assistance awards. Assistance often has no NAICS, so it does not add to the 766 contract awards or $4,135,748,683.25. Open program pages for grant activity. This industry page reports only contract actions tagged 562119 in USAspending.gov.