Disposal
A general term applied to Radioactive Wastes which require disposal, for which there is no intention of recovery. In reality there may be circumstances where some capability for recovery is maintained (e.g.
Disposal Facilities
Repositories for solid waste, including landfills and combustors intended for permanent containment or destruction of waste materials. Excludes transfer stations and composting facilities.
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Disposal: Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or other chemicals; polluted soils; and drums containing hazardous materials from removal actions or accidental releases.
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Disposal, dispose of
In this guide, getting rid of waste by discarding it into a bin and, when it is collected, by incincerating it or sending it to landfill.
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Disposal: Final placement or destruction of wastes.
Dissolved Solids: Disintegrated organic or inorganic material contained in water.
Dose: The amount of exposure undergone at one time.
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Methods by which unwanted materials are relocated, contained, treated, or processed. Unless contaminants are converted to less harmful forms or removed from the material before disposal, they may be released again into the environment.
Disposal of Samples Containing Live Bacterial and Fungal Cultures:
Proper disposal of live cultures after experiments are terminated can be accomplished by pressurized heat sterilization (autoclaving) or by chemical disinfection.
Land Disposal Restrictions: Rules that require hazardous wastes to be treated before disposal on land to destroy or immobilize hazardous constituents that might migrate into soil and ground water.
Waste disposal system: A system for the disposing of wastes, either by surface or underground methods; includes sewer systems, treatment works, and disposal wells.
Waste disposal authority
the part of your local council that provides places to bury, burn or recycle your rubbish.
Waste transfer station ...
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TO GRIND OR NOT TO GRIND?
THAT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUESTION . . .
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Disposal Facility
A landfill, incinerator, or other facility which receives waste for disposal. The facility may have one or many disposal methods available for use. Does not include wastewater treatment. ...
waste disposal operations
waste dumping
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Ultimate disposal The process of returning residuals back to the environment in a form which will have the minimal or reduced negative environmental impacts.
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Landfill: A disposal facility where waste is placed in or on land. Sanitary landfills are disposal sites for non-hazardous solid wastes.
Solid Waste Disposal: The final placement of refuse that is not salvaged or recycled.
Solid Waste Management: Supervised handling of waste materials from their source through recovery processes to disposal.
landfill: disposal of solid waste by burying it between layers of dirt in low-lying ground or excavated holes.
landfill - disposal area where garbage is piled up and eventually covered with dirt and topsoil.
channels, land disposal, and saltwater intrusion.
non-potable (non-POE-tuh-bull). Water that may contain
objectionable pollution, contamination, minerals, or ...
burial ground A disposal site for radioactive waste materials that uses earth or water as a shield.
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Landfill is the disposal of waste by tipping it on the land. Nowadays waste can only be tipped on licensed landfill sites that protect against contamination of land and water.
Leachates are liquids that have seeped through waste sites.
Disposal Final placement or destruction of solid, liquid and hazardous wastes. Disposal may be accomplished through use of approved secure landfills, surface impoundments, land farming, deep-well injection, ocean dumping or incineration.
Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) maintains a list of inactive hazardous waste disposal sites in New York State.
Pay-As-You-Throw/Unit-Based Pricing Systems under which residents pay for municipal waste management and disposal services by weight or volume collected, not a fixed fee.
hazardous waste Waste materials that are inherently dangerous in contact, handling and disposal. They may be toxic, explosive, caustic, or ignitable.
Eco-Efficiency The relationship between economic output (product, service, activity) and environmental impact added caused by production, consumption and disposal. ...
Poor sanitation systems, contaminated drinking water and unsafe disposal of waste and refuse also constitute hazards to human health.
LANDFILL Landfill is a method of waste disposal where waste is dumped into a hole, a depression or a valley. It is then compacted and covered with soil or material, such as building rubble, to keep flies away and prevent diseases from developing.
A 1976 amendment to the first federal solid waste legislation, the Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965. In RCRA, Congress established initial directives and guidelines for U.S. EPA to regulate and managesolid waste, including hazardous waste.
Sanitary Landfill: solid waste disposal site where waste is spread in layers, compacted, and covered with soil or other cover materials each day to minimize pest, aesthetic, disease, air pollution, and water pollution problems.
A concept promoting waste avoidance ahead of recycling and disposal, the waste hierarchy is recognised as promoting management of wastes in the order of preference: avoidance, reuse, recycling, recovery of energy, treatment, containment, disposal.
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility- Site where a hazardous substance is treated, stored, or disposed of. TSD facilities are regulated by EPA and states under RCRA.
Tremie- Device used to place concrete or grout under water.
waste activities = solid waste disposal on land, waste water handling, waste incineration, other
waste emissions = emissions from solid waste disposal on land, wastewater, waste incineration and any other waste management activity ...
Plumbing: all of the following supplied facilities and equipment: gas pipes, gas burning equipment, water pipes, garbage disposal units, waste pipes, toilets, sinks, installed dishwashers, bathtubs, shower baths, ...
One of the best and perhaps the most common methods for the disposal of slash is a controlled fire. If the slash is uniformly spread across the site a broadcast burn can be used. If it is patchy, most often the slash is first piled and then burned.
sharps disposal containers, self-sheathing needles, safer medical devices, such as sharps with engineered sharps injury protections and needleless systems) that isolate or remove the bloodborne pathogen hazard from the work place.
Even if it could be shown that the waste was mishandled through the actions of a third party, the original generator would remain liable for improper disposal.
To begin with, every product has a life cycle, and every step—from manufacturing to disposal—leads to greenhouse gas emissions.
CRADLE-TO-GRAVE A system that handles solid waste from creation through disposal.
CRUMB RUBBER Ground or shredded rubber.
CRUSHER A mechanical device used to break secondary materials into smaller pieces.
Single Stream Recycling: Recycling that allows consumers to put all recyclable products into one disposal bin.
National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) - A Canadian program, created in 1992, to provide information on pollutants released to the environment and transferred for disposal.
Set of inherent properties of a substance, mixture of substances or a process involving substances that, under production, usage or disposal conditions, make it capable of causing adverse effects to organisms or the environment, ...
Recycling - A series of processes that include collection, separation, and processing by which products and raw materials are recovered and reused in lieu of disposal as solid or liquid wastes.
Recycling reduces the need for landfills and other disposal facilities, thereby allowing local lands to be used in more environmentally preferable ways. Recycling is a very important thing to do so that we can help our environment.
Reuse - Process by which products are given a second (or third) life prior to disposal. Reuse is the second R in the Three R's process, and allows for the reduction of new products.
The plan or network for the collection, treatment, and disposal of sewage in a community.
Water monitoring
The process of constant control of a body of water by means of sampling and analyses.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (1976, 1984) (RCRA)
This Act regulates management and disposal of hazardous wastes currently generated, treated, stored, disposed of, or distributed.
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) - The assessment of a product's full environmental costs, from raw material to final disposal, in terms of consumption of resources, energy and waste.
Agricultural pollution
Farming wastes, including runoff and leaching of pesticides and fertilizers; erosion and dust from plowing; improper disposal of animal manure and carcasses; crop residues, and debris.(1) ...
Hazardous waste: Refuse that could present dangers through the contamination and pollution of the environment. It requires special disposal techniques to make it harmless or less dangerous.
The soil below the drainfield provides the final treatment and disposal of a septic tank effluent. After the effluent has passed into the soil, most of it percolates downward and outward, eventually entering the groundwater.
Woodburning Pollution: Air pollution caused by woodburning stoves and fireplaces that emit particulate matter, carbon monoxide and odorous and toxic substances. For more information, please see our disposal of non-industrial wood waste website.
and the environment when compared with competing products or services that serve the same purpose.' This comparison may consider raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance or disposal ...
An onsite system designed to treat and dispose of domestic sewage; a typical septic system consists of a tank that receives wastes from a residence or business And a system of tile lines or a pit for disposal of the liquid effluent that remains ...
Restoration ecology The science concerned with the deliberate colonization and revegetation of derelict land, especially after major damage from activities such as mining and waste disposal and after land has been released from agricultural use.
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