The document is a presentation on hazardous waste and its management. It defines hazardous waste and differentiates it from toxic waste. It discusses the various sources of hazardous waste like industrial activities, mining sites, agricultural facilities etc. It describes the different types of hazardous wastes like listed wastes, characteristic wastes, universal wastes and mixed wastes. It also explains the different characteristics of hazardous waste like ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity and toxicity. The presentation concludes with discussing the health risks of hazardous waste and various options for its management like recovery, treatment and disposal.
This document discusses hazardous waste management. It is a presentation by Prof. M.R. Ezhilkumar on solid and hazardous waste management. The presentation covers the differences between hazard and risk, the impacts of improper hazardous waste management on the environment and human health, and the types of hazards faced by waste disposal employees. Specific risks from different types of hazardous wastes are also discussed.
This document discusses source reduction of waste. It defines source reduction as actions that reduce or eliminate waste at the source before it enters the waste stream. This can include reducing packaging, making products more durable and reusable, and changing consumption habits. Source reduction provides both economic benefits through lower waste management costs and environmental benefits by reducing pollution, resource use, and emissions. Government policies like packaging restrictions and taxes can encourage more source reduction. Effective source reduction requires planning to identify reduction goals and strategies.
This document discusses hazardous waste, including its definition, characteristics, types (characteristic, listed, and universal wastes), sources of generation, effects on human health and the environment, and methods of management and disposal. It provides details on waste determination criteria, lists of hazardous wastes, generation amounts in different Indian states, and guidelines for occupiers/generators and transportation of hazardous waste.
The document discusses listed hazardous wastes, which are automatically considered hazardous based on the industrial process that generates them, regardless of whether testing shows hazardous characteristics. It provides examples of listed wastes from electroplating, iron and steel manufacturing, and cleaning/degreasing processes. The document also discusses the goals of hazardous waste management programs and the typical stages of program evolution, including identifying problems, designating agencies, establishing regulations, and enforcement.
Hazardous Waste Management & Its Legal Requirement in IndiaNikesh Banwade
The Presentation Brief about the
Hazardous Waste,
Hazardous Waste Storage,
Hazardous Waste management,
Hazardous waste management Rule 2016,
Its legal requirement,
Hazardous waste generated at home & in Cement Manufacturing Industries.
Other Waste
2018
Manifest system
Transportation
Cement Manufacturing
AFR
Alternative Fuel and Raw Material
Cement Kiln
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management. It defines hazardous waste as any waste that poses a danger to health or the environment due to its physical, chemical, or other hazardous properties. It discusses various sources of hazardous waste and classifications. Treatment methods include physical, chemical, and biological processes like neutralization, oxidation, reduction, and incineration. The goals of hazardous waste management are to minimize waste and use treatment to destroy or stabilize the waste before disposal. India generates over 60 million metric tons of hazardous waste annually, with recycling accounting for around half. Proper rules, transportation, and disposal facilities are needed to safely manage hazardous waste.
Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death, injury or birth defects to living creatures. It spreads quite easily and can contaminate lakes, rivers, and the atmosphere. The term is often used interchangeably with “hazardous waste”, or discarded material that can pose a long-term risk to health or environment.
The document is a presentation on hazardous waste and its management. It defines hazardous waste and differentiates it from toxic waste. It discusses the various sources of hazardous waste like industrial activities, mining sites, agricultural facilities etc. It describes the different types of hazardous wastes like listed wastes, characteristic wastes, universal wastes and mixed wastes. It also explains the different characteristics of hazardous waste like ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity and toxicity. The presentation concludes with discussing the health risks of hazardous waste and various options for its management like recovery, treatment and disposal.
This document discusses hazardous waste management. It is a presentation by Prof. M.R. Ezhilkumar on solid and hazardous waste management. The presentation covers the differences between hazard and risk, the impacts of improper hazardous waste management on the environment and human health, and the types of hazards faced by waste disposal employees. Specific risks from different types of hazardous wastes are also discussed.
This document discusses source reduction of waste. It defines source reduction as actions that reduce or eliminate waste at the source before it enters the waste stream. This can include reducing packaging, making products more durable and reusable, and changing consumption habits. Source reduction provides both economic benefits through lower waste management costs and environmental benefits by reducing pollution, resource use, and emissions. Government policies like packaging restrictions and taxes can encourage more source reduction. Effective source reduction requires planning to identify reduction goals and strategies.
This document discusses hazardous waste, including its definition, characteristics, types (characteristic, listed, and universal wastes), sources of generation, effects on human health and the environment, and methods of management and disposal. It provides details on waste determination criteria, lists of hazardous wastes, generation amounts in different Indian states, and guidelines for occupiers/generators and transportation of hazardous waste.
The document discusses listed hazardous wastes, which are automatically considered hazardous based on the industrial process that generates them, regardless of whether testing shows hazardous characteristics. It provides examples of listed wastes from electroplating, iron and steel manufacturing, and cleaning/degreasing processes. The document also discusses the goals of hazardous waste management programs and the typical stages of program evolution, including identifying problems, designating agencies, establishing regulations, and enforcement.
Hazardous Waste Management & Its Legal Requirement in IndiaNikesh Banwade
The Presentation Brief about the
Hazardous Waste,
Hazardous Waste Storage,
Hazardous Waste management,
Hazardous waste management Rule 2016,
Its legal requirement,
Hazardous waste generated at home & in Cement Manufacturing Industries.
Other Waste
2018
Manifest system
Transportation
Cement Manufacturing
AFR
Alternative Fuel and Raw Material
Cement Kiln
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management. It defines hazardous waste as any waste that poses a danger to health or the environment due to its physical, chemical, or other hazardous properties. It discusses various sources of hazardous waste and classifications. Treatment methods include physical, chemical, and biological processes like neutralization, oxidation, reduction, and incineration. The goals of hazardous waste management are to minimize waste and use treatment to destroy or stabilize the waste before disposal. India generates over 60 million metric tons of hazardous waste annually, with recycling accounting for around half. Proper rules, transportation, and disposal facilities are needed to safely manage hazardous waste.
Toxic waste is waste material that can cause death, injury or birth defects to living creatures. It spreads quite easily and can contaminate lakes, rivers, and the atmosphere. The term is often used interchangeably with “hazardous waste”, or discarded material that can pose a long-term risk to health or environment.
this presentation defines the types of hazardous waste and the effects that it has on human and the environment or the public health as a whole and how to manage it.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management. It defines hazardous waste and lists examples. The main types of hazardous waste are listed waste from the EPA, characteristic wastes exhibiting hazardous properties, universal wastes like batteries and lamps, and mixed wastes containing radioactive material. Proper storage and handling of hazardous waste is important, including labeling, securing containers, and limiting storage time. The document also discusses hazardous waste identification processes and the status of management in Pakistan, which restricts hazardous waste imports but lacks proper monitoring and implementation.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management in India. It defines hazardous waste and lists its major sources such as various industries. It describes how hazardous waste is classified and the importance of proper transportation and storage. The key aspects of India's hazardous waste management strategy are outlined, including waste minimization, treatment methods like incineration, and landfill disposal. Statistics on India's hazardous waste generation are provided. The legislative framework and rules governing waste management in India are also summarized.
This document discusses hazardous waste management. It identifies sources of hazardous waste from industries like petroleum refineries, iron and steel plants, and leather tanning. It categorizes hazardous wastes based on their ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. The document outlines regulations for generators and transporters of hazardous waste regarding preparation, documentation, and record keeping. It also discusses labeling requirements and various treatment and disposal methods for hazardous waste, including minimization, physical and chemical treatment, biological treatment, incineration, solidification, and land disposal.
This document discusses hazardous waste characterization. It covers the importance of characterizing waste, methods for quantifying waste generation, and characteristics that determine if a waste is hazardous, such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. Specific tests are mentioned, like the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, for evaluating these hazardous characteristics in wastes. The document is a lecture on hazardous waste characterization from Mr. M.R. Ezhilkumar.
This document defines hazardous waste and discusses its sources and types. It notes that hazardous waste may be toxic, ignitable, corrosive, or reactive. The EPA designates over 500 hazardous wastes which are grouped into lists including F-list (non-specific sources), K-list (specific sources), P-list (acute hazards), and U-list (commercial chemicals). Hazardous waste is also characterized based on its ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. Common hazardous wastes include waste oil, solvents, paint, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, perchlorates, peroxides, and radioactive waste.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management and the design of a hazardous waste treatment center (HWTC). It discusses key topics such as the definition and characteristics of hazardous waste, past disposal practices, waste generation rates by industry, and the objectives and technical design of an HWTC. The proposed HWTC would include several treatment facilities like a liquid waste treatment plant, land farming facility, hazardous and regular waste landfills, solidification and stabilization unit, and incinerator. It emphasizes the importance of proper design, flexibility, environmental monitoring, and a phased approach to attract private investment and handle waste treatment and disposal.
Hazardous waste is any waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Toxic wastes can be liquids, solids, gases, or sludges and require special handling. The main types of hazardous waste include nuclear waste, biomedical waste, electronic waste, and chemical waste. Hazardous waste management strategies include waste minimization, treatment through neutralization, incineration, stabilization, and disposal in specially designed landfills. Treatment methods also include physical, chemical, and biological processes to break down or contain wastes.
The document discusses legislation and rules in India governing the transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste. It outlines several key Acts and Rules that provide the regulatory framework, including the Motor Vehicles Act, Environment Protection Act, and Public Liability Insurance Act. It also summarizes India's participation in international treaties related to chemical management. Finally, it provides classifications of hazardous waste and an overview of the Hazardous and Other Wastes Management Rules that cover authorization procedures, transportation requirements, and other protocols.
The document discusses toxic waste and environmental regulations in India. It provides background on toxic waste and its impacts on health, environment, and aquatic life. It then outlines key Indian regulations on hazardous waste management and air/water pollution control. The judiciary has played a role through cases related to pollution of the Ganges river and restricting limestone quarrying. Recommendations include establishing specialized environmental courts and emphasizing stringent enforcement through public education.
The document discusses hazardous waste management. It outlines five main types of hazardous waste: reactive, ignitable, medical, radioactive, and corrosive waste. It describes the characteristics of hazardous waste as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. The document then covers management strategies for different waste types, including segregating medical waste in color-coded bags, deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, and incineration of reactive, ignitable, and corrosive waste.
Hazardous waste poses threats to public health and the environment. It is classified based on toxic, reactive, ignitable, corrosive, infectious or radioactive properties. The key features of hazardous waste management include the cradle-to-grave manifest system to track waste transportation and treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Treatment methods include chemical, thermal, and biological processes like incineration and landfarming. Untreated waste requires proper disposal such as in secure landfills or recycling to prevent environmental contamination. The national plan outlines priorities to improve hazardous waste management through prevention, collection, self-sufficiency and minimizing impacts.
Chemicals affect our everyday lives. They are used to produce almost everything we use, from paper and plastics to medicines and food to gasoline, steel, and electronic equipment. More than 70,000 chemicals are used regularly around the world. Some occur naturally in the earth or atmosphere, others are synthetic, or human-made. When we use and dispose of them properly, they may enhance our quality of life. But when we use or dispose of them improperly, they can have harmful effects on humans, plants, and animals
Solid and hazardous waste management is important for environmental and public health. Solid waste includes materials like food, plastic bags, and yard waste. Hazardous waste can be dangerous if not properly disposed of. The key aspects of waste management are proper collection, transportation, and disposal of waste, including recycling and treatment. Improper management of waste can lead to pollution, disease transmission, and other health issues.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management practices for employees, including defining hazardous waste and its characteristics, regulations around hazardous waste accumulation and storage, proper hazardous waste labeling, container management best practices, procedures for detecting leaks or spills, and steps to respond to non-emergency spills. The objectives are for employees to understand hazardous waste categories and regulations with at least 70% accuracy.
This document discusses non-hazardous waste management technologies. It defines non-hazardous waste as industrial waste that cannot be added to dumpsters or sewage lines, providing examples. It then outlines various types of non-hazardous waste and regulations governing its collection, transportation, and disposal. The document discusses co-generation technology that converts non-hazardous waste to energy through incineration. It also classifies non-hazardous waste in Texas into three classes with examples for each.
1. Hazardous waste landfills are designed with multiple layers to prevent contamination, including compacted waste, clay and plastic linings, leachate collection systems, and groundwater monitoring wells.
2. Common hazardous wastes include cleaning products, paints, pesticides, batteries, motor oil and antifreeze which should not be thrown in the trash or poured down drains but disposed of properly.
3. Transitioning to a low-waste society requires reducing and reusing materials to minimize pollution, following principles like industrial ecology that mimic natural cycles.
overview on hazardous wastes and its managementArvind Kumar
The document provides an overview of hazardous wastes and their management. It discusses several key points:
1) Hazardous waste generation has become an international problem as industrialization has increased, with developing countries like India facing growing challenges in disposal.
2) Several landmark pollution episodes involving chemicals like DDT, mercury, and PCBs highlighted the health and environmental risks of hazardous wastes.
3) Hazardous wastes are defined based on their potential to harm human health or the environment. India generates around 7 million tons annually, with most disposed in landfills.
4) Major industrial sources of hazardous wastes include chemicals, metals, and other sectors. Rules and regulations aim to ensure
This document discusses hazardous and toxic wastes. Hazardous wastes are materials that are capable of harming people and the environment, such as acids, heavy metals, and radioactive materials. Toxic wastes are materials that can cause death, injury, or birth defects and include dioxins, heavy metals, and radioactive waste. Common methods of disposal for hazardous and toxic wastes include landfilling, incineration, and recycling. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are presented as better alternatives to disposal to reduce waste.
The document provides guidance for students completing a project as part of their S4 History course. It outlines that students must research and produce a project on a topic of their choosing. For those doing a National 4 course, their entire grade will be based on this one project, while for National 5 students the project will be completed under exam conditions along with a final exam. The document provides suggestions for choosing a topic and questions formats, conducting research, planning the project, and the required sections and content. It also includes example topics, factors to consider, and grading instructions for assessing the project.
Opened in September 2012 with the capacity to process up to 136,000 tonnes of rough rice per year, the Kennedy rice mill took two years to build and cost over £6.2 million.
this presentation defines the types of hazardous waste and the effects that it has on human and the environment or the public health as a whole and how to manage it.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management. It defines hazardous waste and lists examples. The main types of hazardous waste are listed waste from the EPA, characteristic wastes exhibiting hazardous properties, universal wastes like batteries and lamps, and mixed wastes containing radioactive material. Proper storage and handling of hazardous waste is important, including labeling, securing containers, and limiting storage time. The document also discusses hazardous waste identification processes and the status of management in Pakistan, which restricts hazardous waste imports but lacks proper monitoring and implementation.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management in India. It defines hazardous waste and lists its major sources such as various industries. It describes how hazardous waste is classified and the importance of proper transportation and storage. The key aspects of India's hazardous waste management strategy are outlined, including waste minimization, treatment methods like incineration, and landfill disposal. Statistics on India's hazardous waste generation are provided. The legislative framework and rules governing waste management in India are also summarized.
This document discusses hazardous waste management. It identifies sources of hazardous waste from industries like petroleum refineries, iron and steel plants, and leather tanning. It categorizes hazardous wastes based on their ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. The document outlines regulations for generators and transporters of hazardous waste regarding preparation, documentation, and record keeping. It also discusses labeling requirements and various treatment and disposal methods for hazardous waste, including minimization, physical and chemical treatment, biological treatment, incineration, solidification, and land disposal.
This document discusses hazardous waste characterization. It covers the importance of characterizing waste, methods for quantifying waste generation, and characteristics that determine if a waste is hazardous, such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. Specific tests are mentioned, like the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure, for evaluating these hazardous characteristics in wastes. The document is a lecture on hazardous waste characterization from Mr. M.R. Ezhilkumar.
This document defines hazardous waste and discusses its sources and types. It notes that hazardous waste may be toxic, ignitable, corrosive, or reactive. The EPA designates over 500 hazardous wastes which are grouped into lists including F-list (non-specific sources), K-list (specific sources), P-list (acute hazards), and U-list (commercial chemicals). Hazardous waste is also characterized based on its ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, or toxicity. Common hazardous wastes include waste oil, solvents, paint, chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, perchlorates, peroxides, and radioactive waste.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management and the design of a hazardous waste treatment center (HWTC). It discusses key topics such as the definition and characteristics of hazardous waste, past disposal practices, waste generation rates by industry, and the objectives and technical design of an HWTC. The proposed HWTC would include several treatment facilities like a liquid waste treatment plant, land farming facility, hazardous and regular waste landfills, solidification and stabilization unit, and incinerator. It emphasizes the importance of proper design, flexibility, environmental monitoring, and a phased approach to attract private investment and handle waste treatment and disposal.
Hazardous waste is any waste that is dangerous or potentially harmful to human health or the environment. Toxic wastes can be liquids, solids, gases, or sludges and require special handling. The main types of hazardous waste include nuclear waste, biomedical waste, electronic waste, and chemical waste. Hazardous waste management strategies include waste minimization, treatment through neutralization, incineration, stabilization, and disposal in specially designed landfills. Treatment methods also include physical, chemical, and biological processes to break down or contain wastes.
The document discusses legislation and rules in India governing the transportation of hazardous chemicals and waste. It outlines several key Acts and Rules that provide the regulatory framework, including the Motor Vehicles Act, Environment Protection Act, and Public Liability Insurance Act. It also summarizes India's participation in international treaties related to chemical management. Finally, it provides classifications of hazardous waste and an overview of the Hazardous and Other Wastes Management Rules that cover authorization procedures, transportation requirements, and other protocols.
The document discusses toxic waste and environmental regulations in India. It provides background on toxic waste and its impacts on health, environment, and aquatic life. It then outlines key Indian regulations on hazardous waste management and air/water pollution control. The judiciary has played a role through cases related to pollution of the Ganges river and restricting limestone quarrying. Recommendations include establishing specialized environmental courts and emphasizing stringent enforcement through public education.
The document discusses hazardous waste management. It outlines five main types of hazardous waste: reactive, ignitable, medical, radioactive, and corrosive waste. It describes the characteristics of hazardous waste as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, and toxicity. The document then covers management strategies for different waste types, including segregating medical waste in color-coded bags, deep geological disposal of radioactive waste, and incineration of reactive, ignitable, and corrosive waste.
Hazardous waste poses threats to public health and the environment. It is classified based on toxic, reactive, ignitable, corrosive, infectious or radioactive properties. The key features of hazardous waste management include the cradle-to-grave manifest system to track waste transportation and treatment, storage and disposal facilities. Treatment methods include chemical, thermal, and biological processes like incineration and landfarming. Untreated waste requires proper disposal such as in secure landfills or recycling to prevent environmental contamination. The national plan outlines priorities to improve hazardous waste management through prevention, collection, self-sufficiency and minimizing impacts.
Chemicals affect our everyday lives. They are used to produce almost everything we use, from paper and plastics to medicines and food to gasoline, steel, and electronic equipment. More than 70,000 chemicals are used regularly around the world. Some occur naturally in the earth or atmosphere, others are synthetic, or human-made. When we use and dispose of them properly, they may enhance our quality of life. But when we use or dispose of them improperly, they can have harmful effects on humans, plants, and animals
Solid and hazardous waste management is important for environmental and public health. Solid waste includes materials like food, plastic bags, and yard waste. Hazardous waste can be dangerous if not properly disposed of. The key aspects of waste management are proper collection, transportation, and disposal of waste, including recycling and treatment. Improper management of waste can lead to pollution, disease transmission, and other health issues.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management practices for employees, including defining hazardous waste and its characteristics, regulations around hazardous waste accumulation and storage, proper hazardous waste labeling, container management best practices, procedures for detecting leaks or spills, and steps to respond to non-emergency spills. The objectives are for employees to understand hazardous waste categories and regulations with at least 70% accuracy.
This document discusses non-hazardous waste management technologies. It defines non-hazardous waste as industrial waste that cannot be added to dumpsters or sewage lines, providing examples. It then outlines various types of non-hazardous waste and regulations governing its collection, transportation, and disposal. The document discusses co-generation technology that converts non-hazardous waste to energy through incineration. It also classifies non-hazardous waste in Texas into three classes with examples for each.
1. Hazardous waste landfills are designed with multiple layers to prevent contamination, including compacted waste, clay and plastic linings, leachate collection systems, and groundwater monitoring wells.
2. Common hazardous wastes include cleaning products, paints, pesticides, batteries, motor oil and antifreeze which should not be thrown in the trash or poured down drains but disposed of properly.
3. Transitioning to a low-waste society requires reducing and reusing materials to minimize pollution, following principles like industrial ecology that mimic natural cycles.
overview on hazardous wastes and its managementArvind Kumar
The document provides an overview of hazardous wastes and their management. It discusses several key points:
1) Hazardous waste generation has become an international problem as industrialization has increased, with developing countries like India facing growing challenges in disposal.
2) Several landmark pollution episodes involving chemicals like DDT, mercury, and PCBs highlighted the health and environmental risks of hazardous wastes.
3) Hazardous wastes are defined based on their potential to harm human health or the environment. India generates around 7 million tons annually, with most disposed in landfills.
4) Major industrial sources of hazardous wastes include chemicals, metals, and other sectors. Rules and regulations aim to ensure
This document discusses hazardous and toxic wastes. Hazardous wastes are materials that are capable of harming people and the environment, such as acids, heavy metals, and radioactive materials. Toxic wastes are materials that can cause death, injury, or birth defects and include dioxins, heavy metals, and radioactive waste. Common methods of disposal for hazardous and toxic wastes include landfilling, incineration, and recycling. Reducing, reusing, and recycling are presented as better alternatives to disposal to reduce waste.
The document provides guidance for students completing a project as part of their S4 History course. It outlines that students must research and produce a project on a topic of their choosing. For those doing a National 4 course, their entire grade will be based on this one project, while for National 5 students the project will be completed under exam conditions along with a final exam. The document provides suggestions for choosing a topic and questions formats, conducting research, planning the project, and the required sections and content. It also includes example topics, factors to consider, and grading instructions for assessing the project.
Opened in September 2012 with the capacity to process up to 136,000 tonnes of rough rice per year, the Kennedy rice mill took two years to build and cost over £6.2 million.
EnviroChemie - Wastewater treatment solutions for the pharmaceutical and life...jose_canga
This document discusses wastewater treatment solutions for the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry provided by EnviroChemie GmbH. It summarizes EnviroChemie's range of treatment technologies including biological treatment, membrane filtration, chemical-physical treatment, advanced oxidation processes, and thermal sterilization. It also describes their applications for wastewater streams from pharmaceutical production and their benefits like smaller plant footprints, higher quality effluent, and ability to enable water reuse and recycling.
This document provides an overview of universal and hazardous waste management. It defines solid waste and hazardous waste, outlines the hazardous waste identification process, and describes generator requirements and regulations. There are three categories of hazardous waste generators - large quantity, small quantity, and conditionally exempt small quantity - with different waste accumulation, storage, and reporting standards. Generators must determine if their wastes are hazardous, track accumulation amounts, use manifests and proper disposal procedures, and comply with training and record keeping rules.
This document provides an overview of postharvest handling considerations for certified organic produce. It discusses the importance of planning for postharvest quality through cultivar selection and cultural practices. Proper harvest handling, cooling, and storage are key to maintaining quality, with temperature being the most important factor. Sanitation and water disinfection are also important for food safety, and chlorine or ozone can be used within limits. The goal is optimal quality organic produce through all postharvest stages.
This document provides an overview of hazardous waste management. It defines hazardous waste and discusses the key US regulations governing its handling - the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). It also covers hazardous waste sources and health effects, risk assessment procedures, site remediation techniques, and various treatment technologies.
This document discusses two approaches for redeveloping an unlined landfill: overliner installation or landfill mining. It identifies five key decision criteria for choosing an approach: remaining site life, groundwater compliance, existing grades, waste age, and economics. A case study of Ocean County Landfill is presented, where initial plans for an overliner were changed to a landfill mining approach after a test pit program increased comfort with excavating older waste. Factors that could influence choosing overliner or landfill mining are also discussed.
Leachate management of Constructed wetlands_Yuka Ogata_National Institute for...CRL Asia
The document summarizes a lecture on using constructed wetlands for landfill leachate management. It describes what landfill leachate is, current methods for leachate management including collection and treatment, and introduces constructed wetlands as a natural treatment method. It then outlines a research study at a landfill site in Thailand evaluating the use of a pilot-scale constructed wetland for leachate treatment. The wetland showed good plant growth, 53% water reduction through evapotranspiration, and 51-69% removal of total solids, total carbon, and total Kjeldahl nitrogen.
Landfill leachate varies widely in composition, it usually contains both dissolved and suspended material. The generation of leachate is caused principally by precipitation percolating through waste deposited in a landfill. As leachate first emerges, it can be black in colour, anoxic, and possibly effervescent, with dissolved and entrained gases.
Practical project of 100 TPD domestic waste water treatment system for a colledge campus sewage reuse case. We use membrane bioreactor (MBR) to treat domestic waste water.
Design & construction of secure waste landfillKezar Ali. Shah
This document discusses the design and construction of secured landfills for disposing of various types of solid waste. It addresses municipal solid waste, industrial hazardous waste, e-waste, and biomedical waste. Key elements of landfill design include waste characterization, impervious liners to prevent leachate contamination, leachate collection systems, gas collection systems, and environmental monitoring. The document provides details on the multi-layer landfill lining system using clay and HDPE sheets, leachate wells and piping, gas venting systems, and other infrastructure needed to properly dispose of waste in an environmentally safe manner.
A landfill is a carefully designed structure built into or on top of the ground for collecting garbage. Garbage is isolated from the environment by a bottom liner and daily soil coverings. Landfills can cause environmental impacts like pollution, methane gas emissions, and toxic leachate. Methane is a potent greenhouse gas and leachate is a highly toxic liquid that contains organic waste and can contaminate land and water sources. While landfills have negative environmental effects, they remain an important part of waste management infrastructure for dealing with non-recyclable materials.
Presentation can help you to understand concept, principle engineering and important factors of landfilling such as component, requirement, microbial activity, landfill gas and leachate generation
Solid waste management involves the collection, transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes. There are different types of wastes including solid, liquid, biodegradable, non-biodegradable, and hazardous wastes. Municipal solid waste is a major type and comes from households, commercial areas, and construction sites. Common solid waste management methods include landfilling, incineration, composting, and recycling/reuse. Proper waste management is important for public health and environmental protection.
The document discusses solid waste management. It defines different types of solid waste and their effects. It describes concepts of waste management including reduce, reuse and recycle. Methods of solid waste storage, collection, transport, disposal and technologies are explained. Recommendations are made to improve waste management through increased public awareness, prohibiting littering, and moving from open dumping to sanitary landfilling.
This manual provides an excellent introduction to mastering the management of hazardous waste materials as well as preventing contamination of the environment. Other areas covered are: legal and regulatory aspects of pollution handling hazardous waste materials within your plant reducing the amount of hazardous waste produced ways to save money through preventing personal injury and preventing or limiting the effects of accidental pollution.
http://www.idc-online.com/content/hazardous-waste-management-and-pollution-prevention-27?id=67
Waste is generated from human activities and comes in various forms. The document discusses different types of wastes like solid, liquid, hazardous, and non-hazardous wastes. It also explains the causes of waste generation like population growth, urbanization, and lack of proper waste management systems. Further, it categorizes wastes based on their properties as biodegradable, non-biodegradable, and their potential effects on the environment. The key types discussed are municipal solid waste, clinical waste, hazardous waste, and industrial waste. Proper waste management and disposal is important to address environmental pollution and impacts.
The document provides an overview of solid waste management. It discusses the types and sources of solid waste, as well as categorization based on material and hazard potential. Proper solid waste management is important for environmental and public health. The document also outlines objectives, advantages and disadvantages of solid waste management systems. Key advantages include keeping environments clean and reducing pollution, while disadvantages include high costs and safety issues at waste sites.
This document provides an overview of solid waste management. It discusses the sources and categories of solid waste, including biodegradable, recyclable, and non-biodegradable waste. It outlines the conventional approaches to solid waste management, which include preliminary identification steps, and the focal elements of generation, temporary handling, collection, transportation, and various disposal techniques like landfilling, incineration, composting, and more advanced approaches. The document also discusses the importance of solid waste management for controlling diseases and pollution. It provides context on solid waste management practices in Pakistan.
Waste treatment involves managing waste from creation to disposal through activities like collection, transport, and treatment. It also includes the legal framework around recycling and waste management. Waste is classified into categories like solid, liquid, e-waste, radioactive, biomedical, agricultural, and industrial waste. Poor waste treatment can negatively impact the environment through water and soil contamination and pollution, and the economy through issues like disease outbreaks. Proper treatment provides benefits like more efficient decision making during incidents, encouraging stakeholder cooperation, and enhancing adaptation to climate change impacts. Key waste treatment policies in India include acts governing environment protection, hazardous waste, biomedical waste, and municipal solid waste.
The document discusses industrial waste management. It defines industrial waste and notes that it can contaminate the environment if not properly disposed of. Some effective strategies for management include reducing, reusing, recycling and recovering wastes. Developing eco-industrial parks where companies cooperate to share resources and reduce waste is also discussed as an approach. Case studies provide examples of industrial symbiosis where one industry's waste is used as a resource for another.
The document provides an overview of the environmental industry, which focuses on environmental civil engineering and environmental chemical engineering. It discusses the fields of environmental engineering and how they study technological impacts on the environment. The environmental industry is defined as activities related to environmental protection, compliance, pollution control, waste management, and remediation. It generated over $315 billion in revenues in 2010 globally. The industry is comprised of 14 segments across services, equipment, and resources categories. Environmental technologies apply environmental science and monitoring to conserve resources and curb human impacts, and include areas like renewable energy, water purification, and waste management.
Waste Management A Crucial Step Towards a Sustainable FutureEnviro Waste
Unlock the key to a sustainable future through effective waste management. Explore the significance of responsible waste disposal in fostering environmental well-being.
This document provides definitions and an overview of different types of waste including municipal solid waste, industrial solid waste, agricultural waste, hazardous waste, nuclear waste, and electronic waste. It discusses the environmental impacts of waste and various waste management strategies like waste processing, disposal methods, and technologies. It also outlines responsibilities of citizens and provides information on waste management courses, books, journals, and organizations.
This document discusses effluents, which are materials discarded from industrial processes into the environment. It classifies effluents based on physical state (solid, liquid, gas) and degradability (biodegradable, non-biodegradable). Sources of effluents include various industries. Effluents can have harmful effects and require management systems. Effluent treatment plants use various physical, chemical, and biological processes to treat effluents before disposal or reuse. Laws exist in different countries to regulate effluent management.
overview on hazardous wastes and its managementarvind kumar
A solid waste or combination of solid wastes that,
because of quantity, concentration or physical,
chemical or infectious characteristics, may cause or
significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or
an increase in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating
reversible illness or pose a substantial hazard to
human health or the environment when improperly
treated, stored, transported, disposed, or otherwise
managed. About 290 million tons of hazardous
wastes are generated in the U.S. each year. About
4% is recycled. The rest is treated, stored or
disposed.
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Impact of Hazardous waste on Environmental
2. Abstract
Environmental safety has a become a major concern in the recent past. The kind of damage
which is happening to the global environmental conditions is reaching the alarming conditions
and in many cases the this environmental pollution is impacted by many factors like industrial
pollution, vehicle pollution, global warming issues, the improper waste management, more
emission of carbon dioxide, and the reduction in the greenery around the surroundings, is
creating significant impact on how the global warming conditions are prevailing.
Keeping in view the impacts and the growing concern on the hazardous waste management, this
research has been carried out to understand the implications of hazardous waste, how it is
impacting the environment and also the health of the public. Majorly, the review of previous
studies has been taken up to analyze the impacts, and the scope for mitigation of such impacts
due the hazardous waste. The review and the excerpts of the previous studies has been briefed in
this report and also few recommendations which are of non-technical solutions has been briefed
which could help us in mitigating the impact of hazardous waste and its impact on the
environment and health.
3. Table of Contents
Abstract.............................................................................................................................................2
Table of Contents ...............................................................................................................................3
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................4
Over view of Hazardous waste.........................................................................................................4
2.0 Literature Review....................................................................................................................7
2.1 Impacts of Hazardous waste on the environment ....................................................................7
2.2 Challenges of Hazardous Waste Management........................................................................8
2.3 Classification of Hazardous waste management .....................................................................9
2.4 Solutions adapted for hazardous waste management.............................................................10
2.5 National Policies on Waste Management.............................................................................11
3.0 Conclusion............................................................................................................................12
4.0 Recommendation..................................................................................................................13
5.0 References............................................................................................................................13
4. Introduction
Environmental safety has a become a major concern in the recent past. The kind of damage
which is happening to the global environmental conditions is reaching the alarming conditions
and in many cases the this environmental pollution is impacted by many factors like industrial
pollution, vehicle pollution, global warming issues, the improper waste management, more
emission of carbon dioxide, and the reduction in the greenery around the surroundings, is
creating significant impact on how the global warming conditions are prevailing.
One of the significant pollutant factors which is causing significant impact on the environment
and the health of the individuals is the hazardous waste. Despite the fact that there were
numerous reports which emphasized the fact that due to the hazardous waste the impact on
health and the environment, there are many countries where the system of hazardous waste
management is not regulated and this could lead to much more complications in the world.
(EPA, 2011)
There are numerous factors that could implicate the system of hazardous waste management and
ensure that there is some kind of protection for environment and also safety for the health of
individuals.
Over view of Hazardous waste
Hazardous waste is dangerous and harmful to our health and environment if managed
improperly. Hazardous waste can be liquid, solid, sludge, or containerized gas waste substance
that due to its quantity, concentration, or chemical properties. Industry, research, medical,
household, chemical producers, agriculture and mining are the sources of hazardous waste. In
United States the storage and disposal of hazardous waste is regulated under The Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), enacted in 1976. (Rushton, 2003)
Hazardous wastes are divided into two major categories:
5. 1. Characteristic waste – the materials which are flammable, reactive, corrosive and toxic.
2. Listed waste – materials from non-specific sources, specific sources, or discarded
chemical products which are listed by regulatory authorities.
Industrial hazardous waste:
90% hazardous waste comes from industrial sources. These can be classified into four types:
chemical manufacturing, primary metal production, metal fabrication, and petroleum processing.
Halogenated solvents from non-specific sources involved in industrial process, untreated
wastewater from the production of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from specific
industrial source are the type of chemical hazardous waste. Commercial and chemical products
manufacturing such as drugs, detergents, lubricants, dyes and pesticides discard benzene and
wastes that are classified as toxic such as vinyl chloride. Methylene chloride a carcinogen which
cause cancer, is a solvent commonly used in paint removers. In United States a solvent named
Trichloroethylene is found in ground water which is monitored and regulated in drinking water.
Drinking or breathing high levels of trichloroethylene can lead to damage of the liver, lung, and
nervous system.
The most hazardous wastes are generated from the sludge of waste water used in industrial
process. Sludge is a semi solid material or settled suspension obtained from conventional
drinking water treatment and numerous other industrial processes. Sludge mostly contains the
heavy metals such as cadmium, copper, lead and nickel. The components of sludge have
pollutant limits defined by the EPA. On the basis of information available to EPA the
components of sludge and waste water may cause disease, cancer, behavioral abnormalities and
genetic mutations, physiological malfunctions and physical deformations in either organisms or
offspring of the organisms. Cadmium accumulates in humans and animals and can lead to kidney
dysfunction. (Rushton, 2003)
Household hazardous waste:
HHW can be generated from consumer products such as home care, personal care, automatic
care, pest control and other purposes. The hazardous wastes generated from these products are
6. toxic, corrosive and dangerous. Dry cleaners, oil paints, batteries, fluorescent lights, fuel,
poisons, smoke detectors, chemical waste and consumer electronics are the examples of HHW.
HHW is not regulated by EPA but should be disposed of separately from municipal garbage
following label instructions. (EPA, 2011)
Waste minimization:
Waste minimization reduces the volume of waste generated and reduces the amount of toxicity
from chemical wastes. There are three general methods of waste minimization:
1. Source Reduction – It is the activity that eliminates the generation of chemical hazardous
waste at the source. This can be accomplished by good materials management, substitution of
less hazardous materials and good laboratory procedures. For example biodegradable, nontoxic
lactate esters are solvents manufactured from renewable carbohydrate sources that can be
substituted for toxic halogenated solvents. (EPA, 2011)
2. Recycling - It means that less hazardous waste requires disposal. In other words when a
waste material is used for another purpose, treated and reused in the same process, or
reclaimed for another process is called recycling. The recycling of waste through waste
exchanges is one aspect of industrial ecology. Waste exchange also promotes the use of one
company's waste as another company's raw material. For example using non-hazardous
solvents or cleaning solutions in industrial parts washers.
3. Treatment – This is the least preferable technique of waste minimization and the most
common method used is elementary neutralization.
Audits, better inventory management, production process or equipment modifications, and
operational or maintenance procedures are the common techniques of waste minimization.
The EPA's Industrial Toxics Project is a non-regulatory program initiated in 1990 to achieve
overall reductions for seventeen toxic chemicals reported in the government's Toxics Release
7. Inventory (TRI) including cadmium, lead, mercury, trichloroethylene, and toluene. The
National Waste Minimization program supports efforts that reduces the amount of waste
generated and lowers the toxicity and persistence of wastes that are generated. (Kang &
Mengjun Chen, 2013)
The above factors represent the kind of impact the hazardous waste has on the environment and
the impact on the life in the earth. If the environment we live has everything polluted like air,
water, food and the surroundings then it is evidential that soon there shall be numerous health
problems and ailments which could be a serious threat to the living conditions. (Rushton, 2003)
The following literature review has been studied keeping in purview the need for effective
management and control of hazardous waste management. There were numerous studies that
were carried out in the segment of hazardous waste management and the analysis of hazardous
waste on the environment and the health of the public.
In this report, the focus is more on reviewing such studies and gaining insights in to the factors
that could lead to potential hazardous waste management trends and systems that could help us
lead a better environment.
2.0 Literature Review
2.1 Impacts of Hazardous waste on the environment
Industrial pollution is one of the major levels of the pollution that is impacting the environmental
conditions. All across the world there are many countries where the manufacturing is the major
contributor for GDP and in such conditions, where the industries have certain process of
manufacturing, the industrial pollute which is emitted from the industries are an issue and cause
of concern. (Kang & Mengjun Chen, 2013)
As per the reports and the information provided by Environmental Protection Agency of United
States, globally, the chemicals and the chemical treatment are the major industrial pollute that it
is impacting the environment and it needs effective industrial environmental policies that are
industrial regulations for the scenario. (EPA, 2011)
8. 2.2 Challenges of Hazardous Waste Management
According to wagner in his research studies he reflects the fact that “The evolution of
hazardous waste into a national environmental problem is a puzzling phenomenon. The public
and media perceive hazardous waste to be a major environmental and public health risk. Yet,
although the problem of hazardous waste and its resultant contamination has long been known,
no one took it seriously until about 1978. An interesting question is, Why did the public and
media ignore hazardous waste for so long, particularly during a period of unprecedented public
and media interest in the environment, especially pollution, in the late 1960s and throughout the
1970s?”
Also wagner briefs in his report that “Before 1970, waste disposal received little national media
and public attention. This would change temporarily with the U.S. Army's program to dispose of
outdated nerve gas weapons in the Atlantic Ocean, which was an event too dramatic and
sensational for the media and public to ignore. The nerve gas controversy demonstrated that the
nation was ill prepared to manage these wastes safely and that the government knew too little
about their potential ecological and public health effects. This limited state of knowledge,
coupled with the lack of national laws, exacerbated public concern—especially in light of the
fact that the nerve gas in question represented only one percent of the Army's total stockpile, all
of which would require disposal”. (Wagner, 2004)
Given the national media focus, widespread public concern over the environment, and the
propensity for Congress to act on environmental problems during this period of heightened
environmental awareness, the conditions appeared ripe for establishing hazardous waste as a
national problem warranting significant federal action. However, even with this heightened
awareness, media attention and subsequent public concern regarding nerve gas and hazardous
waste quickly faded. Although there was federal interest in hazardous waste, it would take
multiple attempts and six years before a law was enacted and an additional four years before a
regulatory program was in place. (Wagner, 2004)
Public perception of risk is a major driver in environmental policy. As noted by J. Clarence
Davies III in Politics of Pollution (1970), "The attitudes held by the general public form the
ultimate parameters of government action." U.S. Environmental Protection Agency studies in
1987 and 1990 confirmed that public risk perception was shaping national environmental
management priorities rather than being shaped by the perceptions of environmental experts.
The public's perception of risk is heavily influenced by mass media through identification,
framing, visualization, and dramatization of environmental problems. Whether the media
becomes and remains interested in a problem also depends on the construct of the problem and
the conditions under which an environmental problem is discovered. Collectively, public risk
perception, media attention, problem construct, and discovery conditions not only determine
whether a problem is ripe for a policy response, but they also strongly influence its design, which
can have serious implications for future policymaking. (Wagner, 2004)
9. 2.3 Classification of Hazardous waste management
In his research paper Rushton depicts that “There is no doubt that, given the diversity of
material coming under the heading of waste, there is considerable potential for hazardous
exposure to occur through waste management. High levels of contamination of air, soil and
water in a few well publicized situations have led to widespread unease about the potential
health effects of waste management processes, particularly within communities living in the
proximity to relevant sites. Overall, however, the vast body of literature does not generally
support these concerns, particularly for the two most common methods, incineration and landfill
disposal. There is also a lack of evidence as to the precise substance(s) implicated. Any
emissions from waste management processes are likely to be a mixture of many substances for
which a toxicological profile is unknown”. (Rushton, 2003)
He also states that “Many of the studies are hampered by a lack of good exposure information
and use surrogate indirect measures perhaps leading to exposure misclassification. The levels of
most of the potential substances would also be expected to be extremely low, even if all sources
of exposure were taken into account. Lack of specificity can also occur in defining health
outcomes, particularly if these are self-reported. Many outcomes, such as cancers, would not be
expected to occur until several years after exposure, requiring analysis for latency which is
lacking in many studies. Migration into and out of relevant areas is also often ignored”.
(Rushton, 2003)
The greatest challenge, however, is to eliminate the effects of factors which might relate to both
health outcome and environmental exposure, such as age, ethnicity, gender, socio-economic or
deprivation status, smoking, access to health care and occupational history. Lack of complete
adjustment for such confounders probably exists in many of the studies relating to waste
management particularly those using geographical designs. Studies have shown that socio-
economically disadvantaged populations and minority groups may be disproportionately located
in areas around waste disposal sites.
Although the possible physical health effects arising from waste management processes have
been addressed, there has been little research into socio-economic impacts of waste-
management options. Public perceptions of the relative health risks reflect not only differences in
understanding but underlying social values. The development of effective participatory
programmes is essential to ensure the public right and responsibility to be involved in the
assessment and management of hazards in their communities is addressed, leading hopefully to
improved assessments and management strategies. (Rushton, 2003)
10. 2.4 Solutions adapted for hazardous waste management
The ideal disposal method is the destruction and conversion of hazardous waste to a non-
hazardous form. The most common methods of hazardous waste disposal are:
Incineration – the hazardous waste may be destroyed by incinerating at high temperature.
Incineration may be an effective way to convert hazardous waste into a nonhazardous form
while greatly decreasing its volume. Today incineration treatments not only reduce the
amount of hazardous waste, but also they also generate energy throughout the gases released
in the process. Various incineration technologies exist for a variety of types of wastes. The
EPA estimates that five million tons of hazardous wastes are burned each year in US. For
example, volatile chemicals like paint thinners, oils, and solvents are destroyed by
combustion at cement plants called kilns. Some wastes should not be burned such as those
that contain heavy metals.
Injection wells – Industries in United States dispose their hazardous waste using a land
disposal method called deep injection wells. Liquid wastes are injected into wells that keep
the waste isolated from ground water and surface water. Groundwater is a major source of
drinking water worldwide and once it is contaminated, pollutants are extremely difficult and
costly to remove. In some instances, it is impossible to remove groundwater contamination.
Injected wastes offer migrates into groundwater reservoirs called aquifers. Other
underground burial locations for hazardous wastes include deep mines, natural caverns and
man-made deep pits. (Kang & Mengjun Chen, 2013)
Land filling – It is the primary land disposal method for hazardous waste disposal in United
States. It is considered as permanent disposal facility. Hazardous waste landfills are highly
regulated and are required to include clay liners, monitoring wells, and groundwater barriers.
These are similar to regular solid waste landfills but they must meet much higher standards
for safety and environmental protection. The EPA requires that most hazardous wastes be
11. treated before being discarded in properly designed approved landfills and burial sites.
(Agarwal & Gupta, 2011)
Conversion to environmentally safe substances can be very expensive for some types of
hazardous wastes and technically impossible for others, creating the need for alternative
disposal methods. Biodegradation requires very long treatment times and it may be difficult
to control or enhance natural degradation processes. When hazardous waste is to be
transported off-site for disposal, the waste generator prepares a shipping document called a
manifest. (Porta, Simona Milani, Antonio I Lazzarino, & Carlo A Perucci, 2009)
2.5 National Policies on Waste Management
Hazardous waste production in United States and other countries:
Facilities that produce hazardous waste, usually as a result of an industrial process, are
considered large-quantity generators (LQG) or small-quantity generators (SQG) depending
on the quantities produced. Hazardous waste may be transported to alternate locations to be
treated, stored, or disposed of, or may be managed at the place of generation.
In 1995, 20,873 LQGs produced 214 million tons of hazardous waste regulated by RCRA. There
were 3,489 fewer LQGs and a reduction of 44 million tons of waste by 1995 compared to 1993.
The five states generating the largest amount of hazardous waste were Texas (69 million tons),
Tennessee (39 million tons), Louisiana (17 million tons), Michigan (13 million tons), and Illinois
(13 million tons), accounting for 70 percent of the national totals.
The EPA estimates total hazardous waste production in the United States at hundreds of millions
of metric tons per year. This rapidly growing volume of waste and the lack of adequate disposal
methods and sites not only escalate disposal costs, but pose an increasing threat to public health
and safety and to the environment.
12. Even in the other Asian countries like Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and India, there are
many industrial regulations, policies and principles that has been engaged which is in accordance
to the standards of the global safety conditions for environment and based on those regulations
there is check on the hazardous waste that is being disposed by the industries, however more
than the regulations, it should be on personal ethical basis that we should realize the importance
of having a proper hazardous waste management system.
3.0 Conclusion
In an environmental scenario it is very essential that the hazardous waste management is taken as
a very serious job and the organizations perform their roles and responsibilities of disposing the
hazardous waste after duly following the procedures of converting it in to non-hazardous form. It
is very certain and evident that not in many cases the kind of converting to non- hazardous form
is possible, but however the organizations and the government has to ensure that there is
adequate protection which is taken toward managing the potential waste. Eventually if this kind
of waste is ignored, it could only to lead to more complicated scenarios and soon the
environments around us might be seen with highly polluted scenario which could impact the
survival of the life. (Vrijheid, 2000)
In many developed countries, there are policies and procedures which are put in place to avoid
the kind of hazardous waste, but it is essential that the organizations ensure to practice the laid
down policies and regulation and keep the emissions in control. In many of the emerging
economy countries like India, china and also in few of the African countries, the impact of the
hazardous waste is envisaged to be very high and the organizations should realize the
significance of it and handle the scenario effectively.
There are numerous studies and researches that are carried out regularly to understand the impact
of hazardous waste and how to handle such impacts. Despite the fact that there are so many
solutions that have been identified in the scenario and effectively it could use by the
organizations and the public while dispersing the hazardous waste. The review of research
reports and the information from the official sources only reflect and emphasize on one factor
that the management of hazardous waste is not an issue provided if there is high level of
commitment and dedication from the public and the organizations towards ensuring a safer
environment and safe disposal of hazardous environment.
13. 4.0 Recommendation
The following recommendations are made based on the inputs collected from the environmental
study and hazardous wastes, and the scope for management of hazardous wastes. Despite the fact
that there are some kind of solutions and the possibilities to avoid the hazardous waste, still there
is significant quantum of waste that is prevailing in the system.
The following are the recommendations which could help us in better hazardous waste
management
1) Development of quarantine area in every regional location to ensure that the hazardous waste
is only dispersed in that location and the government agencies should adapt stringent policies and
regulations to ensure that hazardous waste in only dispersed in such locations.
2) Avoiding of hazardous waste kind of materials to the maximum extent possible. In the
growing economic conditions and the technological advancements, there could be numerous
research and development activities that could be conducted to identify alternate solutions for
hazardous waste materials
3) Develop a kind of eco management system in the industrial policies, where there is some kind
of tax relaxations or the subsidies that could encourage the companies towards better
environmental standards for hazardous waste management.
4) Imposing server penalties could be other source of controlling industries from disposing the
hazardous waste in the public that is impacting the environmental conditions and the health of
the public.
5.0 References
Agarwal,D.,& Gupta, A. K.(2011). HazardousWaste Management:Analysisof IndianScenarioand
PerspectiveGovernance. VSRDTechnical& Non-TechnicalJournal,484-495.
EPA.(2011). HazardousSubstancesand HazardousWaste. USEPA.