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Solid, Toxic, and Hazardous Waste By Pongthep Suwanwaree, Ph.D.
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Solid Waste The Waste Stream
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Waste Disposal Methods Open Dumps Ocean Dumping Landfills Exporting Waste Incineration & Resource Recovery –Refuse-derived fuel –Mass Burn
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Shrinking the Waste Stream Recycling Composting Energy from Waste Reuse Producing Less Waste
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How plastics are made
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Hazardous & Toxic Waste Any discarded material, liquid or solid, that contains substances known to be –1) Fatal to human or laboratory animals in low dose –2) Toxic, carcinogenic, or mutagenic to humans or other life-forms –3) Ignitable with flash point less than 60 o C –4) Corrosive –5) Explosive or highly reactive
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Hazardus Waste Disposal Federal Legislation Superfund Sites Hazardus Landfills & Dumps Waste Lagoons & Injection Wells Warehousing & Illegal Dumping
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Options for Hazardous Waste Management Produce Less Waste Convert to Less Hazardous Waste –Physical Treatments –Incineration –Chemical Processing –Biological Waste Treatment Store Permanently –Retrievable Storage –Secure Landfills
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Lois Marie Gibbs
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3 Rs Reduce Reuse Recycling
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