RCRAReady is hazardous waste management software for U.S. generators. RCRA best practices are built into every step, so the right way is the easy way: compatibility checks before profiles mix, a text before anything is due.
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Runs alongside what you already use
The short version for anyone comparing hazardous waste software, including what it doesn't do.
It keeps the records and deadlines behind a generator's waste program in one place: what waste is on site, where it is accumulating, when each container has to ship, whether the weekly inspection happened, and whether shipped waste reached the disposal facility. It replaces spreadsheets, binders, and paper checklists with a record that updates as the work happens.
Container-level tracking
Every container gets a record, a label, and an accumulation start date.
Deadlines from your rules
Federal and state accumulation limits applied per container, with generator status recalculated each month.
Alerts people actually see
Texts and emails before a deadline, not a dashboard someone has to remember to check.
Inspections in the field
Weekly checks captured on a phone, with photos, findings, and follow-up.
Shipment and manifest follow-up
Return copies and exception-report windows tracked after pickup.
Records you can hand over
An audit trail and exports ready for an inspector, auditor, or client.
From the first waste profile to the returned manifest, for one facility or a portfolio.
Keep a reliable inventory of every container and its lifecycle instead of reconstructing the story from spreadsheets, labels, and hallway conversations.
Record waste as it moves around the site, so every container's contents and clock stay accurate.
Surface the compliance clocks that matter to each facility and container before a deadline becomes an emergency.
The right people hear about a deadline before it's due, without having to log in and check.
Give recurring waste streams a consistent home with the codes, characteristics, documents, and review history behind each determination.
Guide operators through weekly accumulation area inspections, capture findings in the field, and keep working when the signal drops.
Log a spill or problem where it's found and keep it visible until someone closes it out.
Prepare shipments with the right containers and keep the return-copy and follow-up work visible after the truck leaves.
Start from what EPA already has on file instead of retyping names, addresses, and ID numbers.
Keep waste documents and evidence accessible, with a timestamped account of what happened and who acted.
Prioritize work across facilities or client sites, and see what the portfolio generates and ships.
Track the rest of your regulated waste alongside hazardous waste, each with its own profiles, areas, and containers.
Most generators choose between four kinds of tools. Here is where each one fits.
Swipe the table sideways to compare all four.
| Compared on | RCRAReady | Enterprise EHS suites | Waste vendor portals | Spreadsheets and binders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built around | On-site generator work: containers, clocks, inspections, shipments | Many EHS programs, with waste as one module | The vendor's own pickups, profiles, and invoices | Whatever you build and maintain |
| Getting started | Self-serve, the same day | Usually a sales process and an implementation project | Comes with the vendor's service | Immediate |
| Pricing | Public, per facility | Quoted after a demo | Bundled with disposal services | Staff time |
| Accumulation clocks and generator status | Calculated from federal and state rules | Often included | Rarely | Manual formulas |
| Deadline alerts | Text and email, routed per facility | Often email | Pickup and invoice notices | None, unless someone builds them |
| Weekly inspections | Mobile, with offline support | Often included | Not typically | Paper or manual |
| Waste vendors covered | Any hauler and disposal facility | Any | One vendor | Any |
| Best fit | Generator sites that want to start this week and add the rest later | Organizations standardizing many EHS programs at once | Sites that run everything through one vendor | Very small or stable programs |
Descriptions of other kinds of tools are general; individual products vary.
RCRAReady is the operational record for the work. Facilities keep responsibility for regulatory decisions and official submissions.
AI is good at pulling details out of messy documents. It can also give a confident answer that's wrong, which a compliance deadline can't afford. So RCRAReady uses AI to read documents, and fixed rules for every compliance calculation.
The Trust Center covers which documents are sent to AI, and when.
Use the trial to log a container from the floor, set up reminders, and review upcoming work with your team. You get the full product for 30 days.
Get Started FreeClear answers on what the software manages, who it serves, and where facility decisions remain.
Hazardous waste management software organizes the records and deadlines behind a generator's waste program: waste profiles, containers, accumulation areas, generator status, weekly inspections, shipments, manifests, and audit history. Instead of spreadsheets and binders, the record updates as the work happens. RCRAReady is hazardous waste management software built for U.S. generators.
Tracking software records where waste is, what happened to it, and when action is due. Management software adds the surrounding workflow: waste profiles, generator status, inspections, shipments, alerts, corrective actions, and audit reporting. RCRAReady covers both.
A spreadsheet stores what someone typed. Software ties each container to its accumulation date, applies the deadline rules for your generator status and state, sends reminders before dates pass, and keeps an append-only history of who did what. The record an inspector asks for builds as the work happens instead of being rebuilt before an audit.
Container-level tracking with labels or scanning, accumulation deadlines from federal and state rules, monthly generator status, mobile weekly inspections, shipment and e-Manifest follow-up, audit-ready exports, and multi-facility visibility if you need it. Also check setup effort and pricing: many products require a sales process and an implementation project before you see either.
No. RCRAReady covers the waste program, so it can run alongside an EHS suite, a waste vendor's portal, or spreadsheets. Start with container clocks and alerts at one facility and leave everything else as it is. Manifests sync from e-Manifest, existing container logs can be imported, and records export to CSV.
Yes. RCRAReady calculates VSQG, SQG, and LQG status each calendar month from the waste you log and the spills you record, including state categories where they apply, and uses it for deadlines such as the 90-day LQG and 180-day SQG accumulation limits.
Generators rarely prepare manifests themselves: the waste vendor or transporter prepares the manifest in e-Manifest, and the generator signs at pickup. The generator's part is keeping the signed copies and confirming the final copy comes back from the disposal facility. If it hasn't, counting from pickup, an LQG must contact the transporter or facility by day 45 and file an exception report by day 60; an SQG files by day 60. RCRAReady syncs your manifests from e-Manifest, matches them to your shipments, and tracks return copies and those deadlines.
Yes. RCRAReady sends text and email alerts before accumulation, SAA transfer, weekly inspection, and manifest return deadlines. You choose who gets which alerts at each facility, so the person who can act hears about it without logging in.
Yes. RCRAReady runs in the browser on phones, tablets, and desktops, with nothing to install. Operators scan a container's QR label to update it, and weekly inspections keep working without signal and sync when the connection returns.
Yes. Universal waste, used oil, batteries, state-regulated waste, and non-hazardous streams each get their own profiles, areas, containers, and records alongside hazardous waste.
Yes. Switch between facilities, see a risk-ranked view across the portfolio, report on waste generated and shipped each month, and scope each person's access by facility. Consultants use the same view across client sites.
$150 per facility per month after a 30-day free trial, with no credit card to start. Setup is self-serve: enter your EPA ID to prefill the facility and suggested waste profiles, then label what's on the floor. Enterprise terms cover annual agreements, SAML SSO, and integrations.
No. RCRAReady is software for operational records, calculations, and workflow. Facilities make final compliance decisions under EPA rules and applicable state programs; use the regulations or qualified professionals for facility-specific advice.
Start with one facility and the containers on its floor. When the trial ends, choose a plan or pause the account. Your records stay exportable either way.
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