Waste management good practices

Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and LiabiHty Act (CERCLA)/RCRA regulations in effect at the end of 1986 bromine is regulated as a hazardous waste or material. Therefore, it must be disposed of in an approved hazardous waste faciHty in compliance with EPA and/or other appHcable local, state, and federal regulations and should be handled in a manner acceptable to good waste management practice. The reportable quantity is 45.4 kg for corrosivity (62). 

Commitment of the laboratory director or chief executive to the principles and practice of good waste management. 

Public authorities play a crucial role in the proper management of plastics waste in all countries, no matter what political or economic system exists, as proper waste management can only exist on a foundation of good practice. 

Napier, C., Waste Management Legal Requirements and Good Practice for Producers cf Waste Waste Minimisation An Environmental Good Practice Guide for Industry, Environment Agency (2001)... 

Best management practices are inherently pollution prevention practices. Traditionally, BMPs have focused on good housekeeping measures and good management techniques intending to avoid contact between pollutants and water media as a result of leaks, spills, and improper waste disposal. 

Waste prevention and management are ways to tackle all these problems at the waste sovirce either during its production or at the end-pipe treatment. By practicing prevention, industries can help in achieving good environmental protection and at the same time increasing its... 

Minimization of waste can be realized by the reduction of water, chemical, and energy consumption, as weU as by reducing solid waste, air and noise pollution, and by minimizing the emission of toxic substances (Barclay and Buckley, 2(X)0a). Waste minimization requires good management of environmental practices, taking into account the following ... 

Spontaneous combustion may develop due to the heating of coal particles and slow combustion. Toxic material may be released with the oxidation of compounds present in the waste material. Runoffs, with minimal iron pyrites content, from the tip surface, promote hazards and the acid compounds may leach into domestic water supplies. All these effects may be partly or wholly overcome with proper management of the planning and design of waste heaps and good operating practices. Moreover, encouragement of the commercial use of waste material is beneficial. 

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