HAZARDOUS WASTEMANAGEMENT

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Some types of waste are harmful to human health, or to the environment, either immediately or over an extended period of time. These are called hazardous wastes.

WHAT IS HAZARDOUS WASTE ?

◦ Petrochemicals◦ Pharmaceuticals◦ Pesticides◦ Paints and Dyes◦ Fertilizers◦ Asbestos◦ Caustic soda◦ Inorganic chemicals & general engineering

The Industries Which Produce Hazardous waste

Type of Hazardous Waste

Nuclear waste is the radioactive waste left over from nuclear reactors, nuclear research projects, and nuclear weapons. Nuclear waste is divided into low, medium, and high-level waste by the amount of radioactivity the waste produces. Although nuclear waste can be very dangerous, and should not be handled by anyone without professional training.

Nuclear waste

Electronic waste, e-waste, e-scrap, or Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) describes loosely discarded, surplus, obsolete, or broken electrical or electronic devices. Environmental groups claim that the informal processing of electronic waste in developing countries causes serious health and pollution problems. Some electronic scrap components, such as CRTs, contain contaminants such as lead, cadmium, beryllium, mercury, and brominated flame retardants.

Electronic waste

Universal waste is generated from a large variety of sources and consists of products that serve both commercial and personal use. Two of the prime examples of universal waste are batteries and light bulbs. Used throughout society in great quantities, disposal of batteries and other forms of universal waste cannot be as closely monitored or controlled as industrial waste. Commonly just thrown out with the trash, these wastes make their way into landfills and incinerators where their toxic components are released into the environment.

Medical Waste

Medical waste as hazardous, it definitely can cause health problems if it is not properly managed. Discarded needles and blood products have the potential to spread diseases and cause injury. Most medical waste streams are regulated at the state and local level.

  Waste from construction sites can be hazardous. Asbestos tiles and insulation, lead pipes and certain chemicals used in maintenance all fall into this category. The construction industry needs to be aware of these hazards and vigilant in their safe disposal.

Construction waste

Many cleaners and solvents used in industrial and commercial processes become hazardous wastes after their use. These include wood preservation chemicals, compounds that contain dioxin and refinery wastewater. Pharmaceutical manufacturing and organic chemical production also lead to the creation of hazardous wastes.

Industrial waste

The Government has promulgated various rules and guidelines on the management and handling the Hazardous waste. These rules are implemented through SPCBs in the States and Union territories.

State Pollution Control Boards (SPCB)

Ensure the scientific management of hazardous waste, including its generation, segregation, transportation, treatment and disposal. The strategy should also target waste minimization or reduction as its primary focus.

Quantifying and characterizing the volume of waste generated by industries

Comprehensive environmental and social assessments of hazardous waste management operations are needed to minimize the impacts of waste on human health and ecosystem.

The strategies recommended improving Hazardous waste

Develop an adequate infrastructure for the proper treatment and disposal of Hazardous waste.

Give urgent attention to reducing the generation of solid waste at source through mandatory standards and regulations, fee tax incentives, education and voluntary compliance.

Develop technologies for waste collection and disposal in order to ensure proper solid-waste management.

Government standards must be set up not only for disposal of waste on land but also for cleaning up contaminated soils and groundwater.

◦ The Plastics(Manufacture, Usage and Waste Management) Rules,2009

◦ The Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules,2009,

◦ The Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules,2009

◦ The Hazardous Wastes (Management, Handling and Trans boundary Movement) Rules,2008

◦ The Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001

◦ The Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000.

◦ The Recycled Plastics Manufacture and Usage Rules, 1999  

The rules to control Hazardous waste in India

The Better way to control Hazardous Waste

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