This document defines hazardous waste and outlines the procedures for its management. It discusses what hazardous waste authorization and disposal entail. Various categories of hazardous waste are defined. The responsibilities of different departments in packaging, labeling, storing and disposing of hazardous waste are described. A seven-color manifest system is detailed to track the transportation of hazardous waste between generators, transporters and disposal facilities. Required legal documentation is also listed.

2. Any Waste which by reason of any of its
physical, chemical, reactive, toxic, flammable,
explosive or corrosive characteristics causes danger or
is likely to cause danger to health or environment,
whether alone or when in contact with other wastes or
substances.
What is Hazardous Waste?

3. What is HZW Authorization?
Permission for collection, transport,
treatment, reception, storage and
disposal of Hazardous Wastes granted
by the Pollution Control Board

4. What is HZW Disposal?
Deposit, treatment, recycling
and recovery of any Hazardous
Wastes.

5. Requirements of HZW Management
Proper packaging
Labeling
Storage
Disposal

6. Categories of Hazardous Waste
Hazardous Waste Category No.
Used/Spent Oil 5.1
Waste / residues containing oil 5.2
Residues and Wastes 28.1
Off specification products 28.4
Date expired products 28.5
Empty barrels / containers / liners
contaminated with hazardous chemicals /
wastes
33.1
Exhaust Air or Gas cleaning residue 35.1
Chemical sludge from Waste water
Treatment
35.3

7. Generation and Storage Procedure
Packaging
• Hazardous Waste shall be packaged at the source of generation in leak
proof containers by the generator.
Labeling
• Annexure-I [Form 8 “Marking of Hazardous waste containers”]
• Marking of Hazardous Waste Containers label,
ML03/SOP/SEGN/0004/ANX/0001-003
Time Period
for Storage
• No Hazardous Waste shall be stored at source more than 48 hours of its
generation.
• Hazardous Wastes shall not be stored more than 180 days at Hazardous
Wastes storage room and shall be disposed to authorized external party.

8. Annexure-I [Form 8 “Marking of Hazardous waste containers”]
FORM – 8
[See rules 17 (1) and 18 (2)]
LABELLING OF CONTAINERS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AND OTHER WASTES
/
HANDLE WITH CARE /
HAZARDOUS WASTE / OTHER WASTES
Waste category and characteristics as per
Part C of Schedules II and III of these
rules ………………….
Incompatible wastes and substances
………………….
Total quantity ……………………. Date of storage:
Physical State of the waste (Solid/Semi-solid/liquid):
Sender’s name and address Receiver’s name and address
Phone…………… Phone……………
E-mail……………. E-mail…………….
Tel. and Fax No……………. Tel. and Fax No…………….
Contact person…………………… Contact person……………………
In case of emergency please Contact …………………………

9. Marking of Hazardous Waste Containers label

10. Responsibility of Hazardous Waste Generator
The generator of hazardous waste shall ensure that wastes
are packaged in a manner suitable for safe handling, storage
and transport and material used for packaging shall withstand
physical conditions and climatic factors.
Dissimilar wastes shall not be collected in the same
container. Wastes shall be segregated and packed
separately. This is necessary to ensure that each waste finds
its way to the right disposal point.

11. Responsibility of Stores
Stores shall ensure the proper disposal of the following Hazardous
Wastes.
Category No. – 5.1, 5.2 & 33.1
Stores shall ensure that the external party to whom used oil /Waste oil is
disposed has got valid authorization from State and Central Pollution
Control Boards.

12. Responsibility of Engineering
Engineering department shall hand over the Exhaust Air or Gas cleaning
residue from Boiler chimney to EHS Department.
Category No. – 35.1

13. Responsibility of EHS
EHS shall ensure the Collection / Treatment / Storage / Transport and
Disposal of following Hazardous Wastes
Category No. – 28.1, 28.4, 28.5, 35.1 & 35.3
EHS officer shall receive the HZW along with the Forms and
segregate the same by category.
After verification of proper packaging and labeling the EHS officer
shall issue the serial no for tracking
These hazardous wastes shall be defoiled, crushed and stored
separately for disposal in the hazardous waste storage room.
Hazardous waste disposal log shall be updated upon receiving,
crushing and disposal of hazardous waste then and there.

14. EHS is responsible for receiving the following Hazardous wastes
1. Residual analysed samples from QC of Raw materials, In Process,
Finished products, Stability.
2. Expired Control samples from QC of Raw materials / Finished
products.
3. Process residue from Production department.
4. Non-conforming products from Production department.
5. Dust collector / dry scrubber Powder from Engineering department.
6. Expired raw materials from Stores.
7. Expired analytical reagents from Stores / QC.
8. Expired finished goods from BSR.
9. Rejected material from FG Stores.
10. Recalled material from FG Stores.
11. Rejected material from Process Optimization.
Responsibility of EHS [Contd]

15. Responsibility of EHS [Contd]
EHS officer shall verify the tablet, capsule are defoiled from strips/blisters.
EHS officer shall conduct the crushing activity using a cadmill connected with dust
collector system
EHS officer shall ensure that the transporter is accompanied with Six copies (with color
codes) of the manifest (Form 10) and TREM Card as per Hazardous Wastes
(Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.
EHS head shall the check Hazardous Waste disposal takes place as per the
Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Rules,
2016 and the same shall be verified by Head QA.

16. Seven- color manifest system
Copy 1 (White) To be forwarded to TNPCB by occupier
Copy 2 (Yellow) To be signed by the transporter and retained by the occupier.
Copy 3 (Pink) To be retained by the operator of the facility.
Copy 4 (Orange)
To be returned to the transporter by the operator of the facility
after accepting Waste.
Copy 5 (Green)
To be forwarded to the TNPCB/TNWML by the operator of the
facility after disposal.
Copy 6 (Blue)
To be returned to the occupier by the operator of the facility
after disposal.
Copy 7 (Grey)
To be sent by the receiver to the State Pollution Control Board of
the sender in case the sender is in another State.

17. Seven- color manifest system [Contd]

18. Seven- color manifest system [Contd]

19. Seven- color manifest system [Contd]

20. Seven- color manifest system [Contd]

21. FORM 8

22. TREM CARD

23. Legal documents to be maintained by EHS
S.No Form No Form Title
1. Form 3
Format for maintaining records of hazardous and other
wastes.
2. Form 4 Form for filing annual returns.
3. Form 10 Manifest for hazardous and other waste.
4. Form 11 Accident Reporting and Follow Up.