Terms of Use

Last updated: March 11, 2026

These Terms of Use govern access to and use of the RCRAReady website, waitlist, free tools, guides, and any related hosted software or services we make available (collectively, the Service). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to these Terms.

1. Who We Are

For purposes of these Terms:

  • RCRAReady, we, us, and our mean RCRAReady.
  • You means the individual or entity using the Service.
  • Service includes the website at https://rcraready.com, our forms, free tools, guides, email communications, and any software or hosted features we provide.

If you use the Service on behalf of a company, university, facility, or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Eligibility and Acceptable Use

You may use the Service only if you are legally capable of entering into a binding agreement. You may not:

  • use the Service for any unlawful purpose;
  • interfere with or disrupt the Service;
  • attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Service or related systems;
  • copy, scrape, reverse engineer, or exploit the Service except as allowed by law;
  • use the Service to store or submit false, misleading, or intentionally inaccurate compliance data.

We may suspend or terminate access if we believe you have violated these Terms or created legal, security, or operational risk.

RCRAReady provides software tools, educational content, operational workflows, and recordkeeping support. The Service is not a law firm, environmental consulting firm, or regulatory agency. The Service does not provide legal advice, engineering advice, or binding regulatory determinations.

Any guides, calculators, classifications, alerts, recommendations, templates, summaries, or outputs provided through the Service are for general informational and workflow support purposes only. They are not a substitute for:

  • review of applicable federal, state, and local hazardous waste laws;
  • consultation with qualified environmental counsel or compliance professionals;
  • your own facility-specific compliance judgment; or
  • direct review of current EPA, state, and site-specific requirements.

Use of the Service does not create any attorney-client, consultant-client, fiduciary, or similar professional relationship.

4. No Guarantee of Compliance or Regulatory Outcome

Your use of the Service does not guarantee:

  • compliance with RCRA, EPA, state, local, or facility-specific requirements;
  • avoidance of missed deadlines, manifest issues, reporting failures, inspections, notices of violation, penalties, enforcement actions, or other regulatory consequences;
  • accuracy or completeness of any regulatory interpretation, calculation, reminder, or workflow generated by the Service; or
  • acceptance of any record, report, export, or audit trail by any regulator, inspector, transporter, TSDF, or third party.

Regulatory compliance depends on many factors outside the Service, including correct facility setup, timely data entry, site practices, employee action, transporter/TSDF performance, changing legal requirements, and state-specific variations.

5. Your Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for:

  • determining whether waste is hazardous and how it must be managed;
  • entering, reviewing, and maintaining accurate and complete data;
  • verifying generator status, accumulation dates, manifest status, reporting obligations, and inspection requirements;
  • reviewing alerts, notices, reminders, and outputs before acting on them;
  • taking timely operational action based on your own judgment;
  • maintaining any legally required backup records, signatures, logs, approvals, or source documents; and
  • complying with all laws, permits, enforcement orders, contracts, and internal policies applicable to your operations.

If you miss a storage deadline, fail to investigate a missing manifest, fail to file an exception report, or fail to produce required records, you remain solely responsible for that outcome even if you used the Service.

6. Alerts, Notifications, and Availability

The Service may provide alerts or notifications by email, SMS, dashboard message, or other channels. Those alerts are intended as operational aids only.

You acknowledge and agree that:

  • alerts may be delayed, fail to send, be filtered, blocked, or not received;
  • third-party systems such as carriers, email providers, SMS providers, browsers, transporters, TSDFs, and government systems may fail or provide incomplete information;
  • the absence of an alert does not mean no action is required; and
  • you must maintain your own compliance oversight and escalation process.

You should not rely on the Service as your sole control for regulatory compliance.

SMS and Text Messaging Terms

If you opt in to receive SMS text messages from RCRAReady, you agree to receive automated compliance alerts, deadline reminders, and system notifications at the mobile number provided.

Consent is not required: Opting into SMS is not a condition of using the Service or purchasing any product.

Costs and Frequency: Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies based on your facility’s container and manifest activity.

Opt-Out: You may opt out at any time by replying STOP to any RCRAReady text message. After sending STOP, you will receive one final confirmation message, and no further messages will be sent unless you opt back in.

Help/Support: For assistance, reply HELP to any message, or email us at hello@rcraready.com.

Carrier Liability: Mobile carriers (e.g., AT&T, T-Mobile, Verizon) are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.

7. Customer Data

As between you and RCRAReady, you retain ownership of data, documents, and other materials you submit to the Service (Customer Data). You grant us a non-exclusive right to host, process, transmit, store, and use Customer Data as necessary to provide, secure, support, and improve the Service.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to submit Customer Data and that your submission of Customer Data does not violate any law or third-party right.

8. Free Tools, Guides, and Beta Features

Any free tools, calculators, guides, previews, early access features, waitlist access, pilot features, or beta features may be changed, withdrawn, interrupted, or discontinued at any time without notice. We may add or remove features, impose limits, or revise how outputs are generated.

Beta, preview, and free features may contain errors, omissions, or incomplete functionality and are provided with no assurance of continuity, support, or fitness for a particular purpose.

9. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its software, workflows, content, design, branding, and related materials, is owned by RCRAReady or its licensors and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

Except for the limited right to use the Service in accordance with these Terms, no right, title, or license is granted to you.

The Service may rely on or link to third-party services, including email providers, SMS providers, cloud infrastructure, government portals, transport-related systems, or other websites. We do not control and are not responsible for third-party services, their availability, or their accuracy.

Your use of third-party services is governed by those third parties’ terms and policies.

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” RCRAREADY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND QUIET ENJOYMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, RCRAREADY DOES NOT WARRANT THAT:

  • THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE;
  • THE SERVICE WILL DETECT, PREVENT, OR WARN OF EVERY COMPLIANCE ISSUE;
  • ANY CALCULATION, CLASSIFICATION, TIMELINE, ALERT, EXPORT, OR SUMMARY WILL BE COMPLETE OR ACCURATE;
  • THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR FACILITY’S REGULATORY, OPERATIONAL, OR AUDIT REQUIREMENTS; OR
  • USE OF THE SERVICE WILL PREVENT FINES, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, OR OTHER LOSSES.

12. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:

  • RCRAREADY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES;
  • RCRAREADY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, GOODWILL, BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, DATA, OR ANTICIPATED SAVINGS;
  • RCRAREADY WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FINES, PENALTIES, ENFORCEMENT COSTS, REMEDIATION COSTS, LEGAL FEES, CONSULTING FEES, OR OTHER REGULATORY OR BUSINESS LOSSES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR COMPLIANCE OBLIGATIONS, MISSED DEADLINES, MISSED MANIFEST FOLLOW-UP, INACCURATE DATA, OR FAILURE TO MAINTAIN REQUIRED RECORDS; AND
  • RCRAREADY’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID TO RCRAREADY FOR THE SERVICE IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM OR (B) USD $100.

These limitations apply regardless of the legal theory of the claim and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain disclaimers or limitations of liability, so portions of this section may not apply to you to the extent prohibited by law.

13. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RCRAReady and its affiliates, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to:

  • your use of the Service;
  • your Customer Data;
  • your violation of these Terms; or
  • your violation of any applicable law, regulation, permit condition, or third-party right.

14. Suspension and Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service at any time if necessary to protect the Service, comply with law, address security risk, or respond to an actual or suspected violation of these Terms.

Upon termination, your right to use the Service ceases immediately, but Sections 3 through 16 will survive to the extent applicable.

15. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of law rules, except to the extent another jurisdiction’s mandatory law applies.

16. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make a material change, we will update the date at the top of this page and may provide additional notice where appropriate. Your continued use of the Service after updated Terms become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

17. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at:

  • hello@rcraready.com