hazardous waste Articles
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Hazardous waste, ST-500H, Finland - Case Study
ST-500H shredding 55 gallon drums of flamable liquids and semi-solids for safe ...
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Hazardous Waste - HIV - Case Study
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Hazardous Waste in Schools
When you think of “Hazardous Waste”, the thought of leaking drums at an old manufacturing facility comes to mind. Another common vision is people in white tyvek suits walking around a contaminated site with leaking drums. The last thing that comes to mind as it pertains to “Hazardous Waste” is schools. Did you know schools potentially could have the same hazardous waste ...
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Hazardous waste, ST-200ES, Illinois - Case Study
ST-200ES Transportable System shredding 55 gallon drums of uranium ore for ...
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Hazardous Waste Management
In today’s environment, there is a need for efficient Hazardous Waste Management (HWM) to manage the transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of huge quantity of generated Hazardous Waste (HW) from industrial and commercial facilities as well as from smaller household sources as they can also pose an immediate and significant threat to environment and personnel. This article ...
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Development implications of hazardous waste in urban environments: a problem that cannot be buried
Although the problem of hazardous waste has always been with us, relatively little is known about its effects on human health and the environment in many localities throughout the world. Nevertheless, as industrial economies and mass production systems emerge in the global periphery, hazardous waste has become an increasingly serious ecological, social, economic and political problem. As attempts ...
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Hazardous waste disposal in Germany: a case study of the site in Billigheim, Baden-Wurttemberg
The disposal of hazardous waste is a very critical issue. It is associated with many risks. Efforts are made to minimise these by consistent legislation and by proper treatment of the waste. The goal of a hazardous waste disposal site, as described in this paper, is to ensure that hazardous waste is treated and disposed of in a way that does not harm human beings or the environment. To assure ...
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Managing the environment: the urgency of dealing with the hazardous waste problem
A strategy is outlined for the development of an environmental management policy for dealing with the hazardous waste problem, especially in developing countries. The strategy consists of three elements: education, industrial and economic policy, and hazardous waste treatment and disposal. After a definition of hazardous waste the problem is defined and possible solutions are formulated. The ...
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Hazardous waste disposal in the UK
Custom and practice have exerted a powerful influence on waste management in the UK. A notable feature is the role of local government, which remains dominant despite expanding legislation and the increasing technical complexity of waste management. The private sector has long had a major role in the transporting and disposal of hazardous waste. The Environmental Protection Act of 1990 ...
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Hazardous waste management: current status and future strategies in Malaysia
Although Malaysia is a model for economic success amongst Southeast Asian countries with its impressive development over the last 36 years, it has not been without its detrimental effects on the natural environment. The most apparent effect is the drastic increase in the generation of hazardous wastes. This paper highlights Malaysia's current status in hazardous waste management and the potential ...
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The Proven Solution that Permanently Eliminates Hazardous Waste
The effectiveness of Blastox® in landfill environments is being questioned by companies offering other technologies. References have been made that Blastox® cannot pass certain leach tests. The following information will clarify these issues and provide an easy-to-understand, fact-based response regarding the long term stability of Blastox®.Specifically, the ability of Blastox® to pass certain ...
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Demystifying Waste Classification Codes
To help ensure the safe destruction of the waste we generate, it must be classified. In line with the List of Waste (LoW) – a legal system used for classifying waste and identifying if it is hazardous – there are a set of assessments, procedures and codes to follow to correctly classify waste according to regulation. Three steps must be followed when considering each piece and type ...
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Greening Your Hazardous Waste Stream
Do you know if your small business generates hazardous waste? Many business owners don’t realize they do. Years of conditioning to convenient yet environmentally irresponsible methods of disposal has allowed tens of thousands of tons of toxic hazardous waste to enter our landfills, our water tables and even our ...
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The shredding of hazardous waste
An important company based in Emilia Romagna, specialised in the recovery and disposal of special hazardous industrial waste turned to us for a solution for the shredding of hazardous waste for bulk reduction, in line with 4.0 Industry requirements. In view of the type of application, a twin shaft shredder from the 2R series, 150 HP, with hydraulic drive, fitted with 4×75 mm tips, was ...
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Hazardous Waste Shredder Plant
Hazardous waste management is a challenging work, It is vital that the disposal of hazardous waste is both extremely safe and reliable. Shredding is an important step in hazardous waste management.AIShred manufacture hazardous waste shredders for hazardous waste shredding. Such as radioactive waste, steel drums containing hazardous materials or bacterially contaminated medical waste. Our ...
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Management of Hazardous Wastes
' Management of hazardous waste is a growing concern in many countries. The long-term impacts and costs of improper disposal can be very high and the emphasis must be on prevention. A comprehensive management system should include (i) policies, institutions and effective regulations and (ii) adequate and acceptable disposal facilities (either public or private). This note outlines the key ...
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Hazardous Waste Generation in Selected European Countries: Comparability of Classification Systems and Quantities
Executive summary Background & methodology The purpose of this report is to review existing data on hazardous waste for the period 1993-1996 and to try to improve the comparability of the data. The report has been prepared by the European Topic Centre on Waste (ETC/W) as part of the work programme of the European Environment Agency (EEA). Austria, Denmark and Ireland are included in ...
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Modification of the Hazardous Waste Program: Hazardous Waste Lamps. Final Rule - July 6, 1999
Today's final rule adds hazardous waste lamps to the federal list of universal wastes regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Handlers of universal wastes are subject to less stringent standards for storing, transporting, and collecting these wastes. The Agency has concluded that regulating spent hazardous waste lamps as a universal waste under 40 CFR Part 273 will lead ...
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Hazardous waste, ST-10E, Ontario, Canada - Case Study
ST-10E shredding body fluid test samples at a nuclear facility as part of the disposal ...
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Managing compliance: Hazardous Waste Management: Understanding EPA and state-level categories, numbers and reports
Many companies often are surprised to discover exactly how much hazardous waste they generate. A company can be considered a hazardous waste generator if it uses, produces or stores anything from oil-based paint to hydrofluoric acid. If a company uses, stores or generates a certain amount of materials ranging from oil-based paint to hydrofluoric acid, it is required to register with EPA and ...
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