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A charged fire extinguisher is a pressure vessel and does not belong in a bin. There is no single federal disposal rule - household waste is excluded from RCRA Subtitle C and handed to state and local authorities instead. This guide covers rechargeable vs disposable, safe depressurising, and the extra duty a workplace owes.

Fire extinguisher inspection runs on a fixed cadence: a monthly visual check, an annual maintenance by a qualified servicer, and hydrostatic testing every 5 or 12 years by extinguisher type, under OSHA 1910.157 and NFPA 10. This guide explains each interval, who performs it, how to document the tag, and walks a worked example for a facility.