Hazardous Materials Packaging Regulations
Additional UPS requirements for packaging include the following:
- Always use new or like-new packaging.
- Never mix regulated items of different hazard classes or divisions in the same outside container unless specifically permitted by the regulations.
- UPS allows a maximum of three compatible hazardous materials in one package (N/A for Excepted Quantities shipments).
- Some hazardous materials are required to be in DOT Special Permit Packaging for acceptance by UPS (see DOT Special Permit Packaging).
- Highly reactive chemicals must always be packaged alone and not mixed with any other product, whether regulated or unregulated.
Hazardous materials shipments authorized for non-specification packaging that require a shipping paper must be in outer packages at the following minimum levels (overpacks are excluded from this requirement).
- Packages must be in a minimum 200 lbs. Burst Strength or 32 Edge Crush Test (ECT) certified box. The box must also be of sufficient strength to protect the contents while in transit.
- Any non-specification package that displays the ISTA seal indicating the package has been tested and certified to ISTA Procedure 3A is not subject to the minimum ECT or burst strength requirements listed above.