Waste disposal environmental harm

Regulation increases other costs. Environmental violations arising from waste disposal, asbestos, or other hazards at production facilities have become an increasing fact of life for formulator firms. Scotts Company recently paid fines and cleanup costs for unlicensed waste disposal and asbestos contamination at several sites in the U.K. and Ohio. Federal, state, and local environmental regulators strictly regulate waste disposal from fertilizer- and pesticide-formulating plants. Companies also must be prepared for the potential costs of remediation or liability if any pesticide causes harm. ... 

Integrated avoidance and reduction of harmful environmental influences due to immissions in the air, water, and soil, with inclusion of the waste-disposal industry, and thus attaining a high degree of protection for the environment. 

In the biocatalytic process, waste gas purification is not necessary, and no disposal problems involving environmentally harmful chlorine-containing solvents or by-products from the synthesis process occur. 

Environmental companies, toxic-waste-disposal industries, and drug development are just a few of the places that toxicologists prove their worth in industry. In the environmental field, toxicologists help determine whether chemicals released into the environment are likely to harm ecosystems, including animals and humans. They also test and monitor waste-disposal methods, such as factory effluent or toxic-waste disposal from energy production, that may be harmful to the environment. 

The high specifity of biocatalysts also has the advantage of reducing disposal costs (pollution control costs) because relatively few useless and potential harmful byproducts are generated. In addition, waste products that might be produced are, by their very nature, likely to be biodegradable and, therefore, less environmentally damaging compared to those produced in purely chemical synthetic processes. 

Waste Dumping Syndrome Environmental degradation though (un) controlled disposal of waste Contamination of soils and groundwater, with harmful effects on drinking water, health hazards... 

The CSIRO Division of Mineral Products, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, is conducting research to develop a process to recover fluoride and aluminum from spent pot lining ash with concurrent production of an environmentally safe residue that is suitable for disposal. The proposed method involves initial calcination which thermally decomposes the cyanide in the spent pot lining. Successful completion of this research would reduce the amount of hazardous wastes that contain potentially harmful leachable cyanides that can enter the groundwater during open air storage. 

Catalytic hydrotreatment is widely used in the petroleum Industry to remove sulfur, nitrogen, and oxygen from crude oil fractions. However, its use to treat chlorocarbons has not been widely reported despite the widespread use of these compounds in industrial and military operations, and despite the negative environmental impact associated with most disposal options. Catalytic hydrotreatment has the potential to be a safe alternative for the treatment of chlorinated wastes and has advantages over oxidative destruction methods such as thermal incineration and catalytic oxidation. Some of these advantages include the ability to reuse the reaction products, and minimal production of harmful byproducts, such as CI2, COCI2, or fragments of parent chlorocarbons. 1,1,1- Trichloroethane was chosen for this research because it is widely used in industry as a solvent and is on the EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant list as a toxic air contaminant and ozone depleter. ... 

Use of less harmful substances, reduced fugitive releases of solvents from manufacturing processes, and minimized waste to be handled and disposed of improve the occupational and environmental safety of workers and waste handlers. 

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