HAZARDOUS

WASTE
MANAGEMENT
 HAZARDOUS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
• THE COLLECTION, TREATMENT, AND DISPOSAL OF WASTE
MATERIAL THAT WHEN IMPROPERLY HANDLED, CAN CAUSE
SUBSTANTIAL HARM TO HUMAN HEALTH AND SAFETY OR TO
THE ENVIRONMENT.
• HAZARDOUS WASTES CAN TAKE THE FORM OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS,
SLUDGES, OR CONTAINED GASES, AND THEY ARE GENERATED
PRIMARILY BY CHEMICAL PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURING, AND
OTHER INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES.
 CHARACTERISTICS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE
• TOXIC WASTE ARE POISONS, EVEN IN VERY
SMALL OR TRACE AMOUNTS. THEY MAY HAVE
ACUTE EFFECTS, CAUSING DEATH OR VIOLENT
ILLNESS, OR THEY MAY HAVE CHRONIC EFFECTS,
SLOWLY CAUSING IRREPARABLE HARM.
EX: CYANIDE

* FOUND IN SOME PESTICIDES

* PARALYSIS, CONVULSIONS, AND
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS.
 CARCINOGENIC CAUSING CANCER AFTER
MANY YEARS OF EXPOSURE.
ARSENIC used in
making electrical
circuits, as an
ingredient in
pesticides, and
as a wood
preservative.

TOBACCO
 MUTAGENIC CAUSING MAJOR BIOLOGICAL
CHANGES IN THE OFFSPRING OF EXPOSED HUMANS AND
WILDLIFE.

SODIUM AZIDE This color

less salt is the gas-forming
component in many car
airbag systems.
REACTIVE WASTES CAUSE EXPLOSIONS
OR FORM TOXIC VAPOURS.
CORROSIVE WASTES INCLUDE STRONG
ACIDIC OR ALKALINE SUBSTANCES.
 INFECTIOUS WASTES INCLUDE USED
BANDAGES, HYPODERMIC NEEDLES, AND OTHER MATERIALS
FROM HOSPITALS OR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES.
RADIOACTIVE WASTES EMIT IONIZING
ENERGY THAT CAN HARM LIVING ORGANISMS.

RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE

 TREATMENT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE
• CHEMICAL TREATMENT IS COMMONLY USED, ESPECIALLY FOR
INORGANIC WASTES.

• NEUTRALIZATION OF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL WILL RENDER THE

CHEMICAL HARMLESS

• OXIDATION FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF CYANIDE

• IN A CASE WHEREIN HEAVY METALS MUST BE REMOVED, PRECIPITATION
IS THE METHOD OF CHOICE.
• IF THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL IS ORGANIC AND IS READILY BIODEGRADABLE,
MOST OFTEN THE LEAST EXPENSIVE AND MOST DEPENDABLE TREATMENT IS
BIOLOGICAL
 DISPOSAL OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE
• DEEP WELL INJECTION THE IDEA IS TO INJECT THE WASTE SO
DEEP INTO EARTH
• SPREADING THE WASTE ON LAND AND ALLOW THE SOIL
MICROORGANISMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO METABOLIZE THE
ORGANICS
• SECURE LAND FILL WASTE IS DEPOSITED IN THIN LAYERS (UP
TO 1 METER, OR 3 FEET) AND PROMPTLY COMPACTED BY HEAVY
MACHINERY
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YOU! 