Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was the first to ship transuranic waste for deep geologic disposal in the waste isolation pilot plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico. This was the culmination of a tremendous effort on the part of personnel at the Plutonium Facility (TA-55) where the waste was generated and of LANL waste management personnel. The Plutonium Facility provides a wide variety of actinide research and development capabilities in support of national defence needs. Many of these operations produce a wide variety of waste forms, including transuranic waste from activities in the glove-box lines throughout the facility. Critical to the success of this shipment was the integrity of the waste management programme at TA-55. A group of dedicated waste management professionals worked intimately with actinide processing operations personnel to assure that all waste packages met the WIPP waste acceptance criteria and were documented and packaged in accordance with all applicable regulations. Records are largely computerised, eliminating paper forms and improving the integrity of data packages and expediting the review and approval process. Research into waste minimisation has succeeded in identifying processes to reduce the volumes of transuranic waste produced and has resulted in the implementation of decontamination and waste avoidance techniques in the facility. This paper provides a broad overview of current waste management activities in the TA-55 Plutonium Facility.