Waste management definition

By providing more information on the identity of mutagenic compounds, their frequency of occurrence, their possible source, and their levels in sewage treatment plant sludges, our research will assist in the definition of waste management practices. 

Kocher and Croff then suggested the following implementation of the conceptual definitions of the three waste classes given above, based on analyses of risks from waste management and disposal ... 

EPA (1992c). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 40 CFR Part 261— Hazardous waste management system definition of hazardous waste mixture and derived-from rules, Interim final rule, 57 FR 7628 (U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington). 

Increasing regulation of the waste management industry leads to an accurate definition of the different types of waste required for licensing of waste management facilities. In general, the nature of waste is a heterogeneous material and difficult to describe, define, and classify. 

In fact, effective industrial pollution prevention is definitely better than its cure. The first objective must be reduction in the amount of waste produced, if it cannot be avoided. The second objective is to manage the waste in a suitable way while minimizing the overall burden associated with the waste management system [8]. 

The waste management hierarchy introduces a myriad of terms that require definitions due to subtle differences between them. To precisely define these terms is an arduous task that becomes even more complex when regulatory definitions are added to an originally operational or technical definition. Table 1 provides generally accepted definitions for some of the most commonly encountered terms in the literature of this field. 

The term waste reduction and the related term waste minimization project broader meanings than source reduction. Waste reduction and waste minimization generally incorporate both source reduction and on-site recycling (i.e., the first two or three elements of the waste management hierarchy.) For the puipose of this article, the definition offered here will/would be adopted. 

Figure 1 The waste management hierarchy with shaded boxes indicates elements that are included in the definition of the terms waste reduction and pollution prevention that are used interchangeably throughout this chapter. (Adapted from Refs. 3 and 4.)...

Regulatory Definition of Hazardous, Radioactive, and Mixed Waste. Existing federal regulations give specific regulatory definitions for all waste types. Wastes that are of most Interest to environmental restoration and waste management are hazardous waste, radioactive waste, and mixed waste. 

It is important to recognize that certain materials in inventory (MIN) may meet the regulatory definition of a waste, and thus be subject to waste management requirements. If MIN chemicals are not reused or exchanged, they fall into the waste category and should be dispositioned [per the DOE Office of Environmental Management s (EM) MIN Initiative]. 

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