Identification of wastes

Identification of Waste Constituents In any processing (and disposal) scheme, the key item is knowledge of the characteristics of the wastes to be handled. Without this information, effective processing or treatment is impossible. For this reason, the characteristics of the wastes must be known before they are accepted and hauled to a treatment or disposal site. In most states, proper identification of the constituents of the waste is the responsibility of the waste generator. 

Identification of wastes analytical control procedures labelling of containers Segregation of wastes identification of hazards due to inadvertent mixing of wastes... 

Identification of waste characteristics that limit the effectiveness or feasibility of technologies is an important part of the screening process. Technologies clearly limited by these waste characteristics should be eliminated from consideration. Waste characteristics particularly affect the feasibility of on-site methods, direct treatment methods, and land disposal (on/off-site). 

Identification of wastes analytical control procedures labelling of containers... 

The next step was a regulatory requirement on those who generated, treated, stored, or disposed of wastes to send in to the State notifications identifying the wastes covered as hazardous wastes by the State regulations. This notification process tended to produce rather conservative identifications of wastes that is, notifiers tended to identify as hazardous wastes a broader spectrum of wastes than have so far been identified as hazardous by EPA. The universe of hazardous wastes regulated in Louisiana has been larger than that under... 

EPA. 1986b. Identification of Wastes to be Evaluated by August 8, 1988. Land Disposal Restrictions. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Code of Federal Regulations. 40 CFR 268.10. 

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