Health aspects of chemical safety. interim document 7. hazardous waste management

This document provides guidance on the main elements to be considered in formulating a policy for the management of hazardous waste and on the more technical aspects to be considered in implementing this policy. It provides a series of waste management options designed to enable adequate control over hazardous waste from its point of generation to its place of disposal. The document covers policy guidelines including avoiding and reusing waste, criteria for identifying hazardous waste, exclusive and inclusive lists of hazardous waste (HW), examples of HW, other waste arisings, legal and administrative requirements, designation of responsibility, control of HW management, 'cradle to grave' system of notification, collection and transport, storage and reception centers, treatment and disposal, criminal and civil and administrative liability, waste disposal planning, characteristics of sites suitable for new facilities, physical and chemical and biological treatment of wastes, landfill, incineration, dumping at sea, underground disposal, deep well disposal, environmental demands of disposal techniques, cost of disposal processes, enforcement, transfrontier transport, and examples of the above. The Report of the Working Group on Guidelines for the Control of Toxic and Other Hazardous Chemical Waste at Garmisch-Partenkirchen on 17-20 March 1981 is included.