. Low-Level Waste Storage Building Low-level waste (LLW) shipped from nuclear plants includes solid waste such as contaminated clothing, exhausted resins, or other materials that cannot be reused or recycled. The LLW is compressed into the steel drums. Most anti-contamination clothing is washed and reused. However, as with regular clothing it eventually wear. In some cases, incineration or super- compaction may be used to reduce the amount of waste that has to be stored in the special landfills.