Hazardous waste management

Hazardous Waste Management a training manual for economically developing countries some sample slides from the 26 chapters 4102012 1 Hazardous Waste Management The context All countries generate hazardous waste 4102012 2 Per capita waste generation Source SECRETARIAT OF THE BASEL CONVENTION (data as reported by the parties) World Bank, 1999 Non industrial waste sources • Motor oils • Car batteries • Pesticide residues and containers • Surplus paints and solvents • Medical wastes Some example.

Hazardous Waste Management

The context: All countries generate

hazardous waste

Per capita waste generation

Source: SECRETARIAT OF THE BASEL CONVENTION (data as reported by the parties) World Bank, 1999

Non-industrial waste sources

• Motor oils

• Car batteries

• Pesticide residues and containers

• Surplus paints and solvents

• Medical wastes

Some examples include:

Hazardous characteristics:

Ignitability

Ignitable wastes:

• can create fires under certain conditions

• or are spontaneously combustible

Examples:

Waste oils Used solvents Gasoline Organic cleaning materials Paints

Butane spray cans

Exposure routes

Hazardous waste management

system

ENFORCEMENT

LEGISLATION

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS

SUPPORT SERVICES

FACILITIES

Hazardous waste management system

INFRASTRUCTURE

ANCILLARY SERVICES SERVICE SECTOR

System Components

Source: David C Wilson 1981

Waste hierarchy

Source: David C Wilson 2001

Waste management evolution

RECYCLING

REACTIVE

CLEANER PRODUCTION

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

PROACTIVE

How to inform the public?

•Use a variety of methods as ‘public’ is

mixed

•Be clear about objectives

•Identify audience groups

•Identify message(s)

Objectives of the Basel Convention

To protect human health and the

environment against adverse effects of

hazardous wastes

hazardous wastes

degree of hazard

management of hazardous wastes

The production process

Waste prevention

Cleaner

Production

Source: based on a diagram by David Newby ERM

Tools for waste prevention and

Cleaner Production

• Economic instruments

• Environmental Management Systems

eg ISO 14 000, ISO 14001

• Life cycle assessment (LCA)

• Auditing

• Environmental impact assessment