Waste Treatment

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Waste Definition

Waste is the residue activity or any substance or object which the holder discards or intends to, or is required to discard, or any substance or object included in the list (production or consumption residues not otherwise specified) below
  • Off-specification products.
  • Products whose date for appropriate use has expired
  • Material spilled, lost or having undergone other mishap, including any material equipment etc. contaminated as a result of the mishap.
  • Materials contaminated or soiled as a result of planned actions (e.g. residues from cleaning operations, packaging materials, containers etc.)
  • Unusable parts (e.g. reject batteries, exhausted catalysts etc.)
  • Substances which no longer perform satisfactorily (e.g. contaminated acids, contaminated solvents, exhausted tempered salts etc).
  • Residues from industrial processes (e.g. slag, still bottoms etc.)
  • Residues from pollution abatement processes (e.g. scrubber sludge, bag house dusts, spent filters etc.)
  • Machining or finishing residues (e.g. lathe turnings, mill scales etc.)
  • Residues from raw materials extraction and processing (e.g. mining residues, oil field slopes etc.)
  • Adulterated materials (e.g. oils contaminated with PCBs etc.)
  • Any materials, substances or products whose use has been banned by law.
  • Products for which the holder has no further use (e.g. agricultural, household, office, commercial and other shop discards etc.)
  • Contaminated materials, substances or products resulting from remedial action with respect to land.
  • Any materials, substances or products which are not contained in the above categories”
Waste types covered include:
Solid Hazardous Waste
  • Fly ash.
  • Sludge from Waste Treatment
  • Ex-acid catalyst
  • Batteries
Solid Non-hazardous Waste:
  • Scrap
  • Maintenance waste
  • Intermediate product waste
  • Redundant product samples
  • Lamps
  • Redundant machinery/equipment
  • Food waste
  • Toner cartridges
  • Used IT equipment
Liquid Waste
  • Used oil
  • Chemical waste

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