The purpose of managing hazardous waste is to protect human health and the environment from threats posed by anyone, business, or industry that uses hazardous waste. Any person or business that generate hazardous wastes could be required by law to have a program in place to reduce the volume and toxicity of the hazardous waste they produce. And for any substances be regulated as a hazardous waste, such substance must either have the potential to:
- Cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or serious illness
- Pose a threat to human health or the environment if mismanaged
The characteristics of hazardous waste include:
- Corrosivity (strong acids or caustics, pH<2 or pH>12.5)
- Reactivity (explosives or items which can release toxic gases when mixed with water)
- Toxicity (substances which will release certain levels of toxics when subjected to a test simulating conditions in a landfill)
Our team of Subject Matter Experts (SME) within our Compliance Partnership Program (CPP), has a pollution prevention-waste minimization professionals that will assists your business identify and develop a compliance tracking program as a hazardous waste generators. Some hazardous waste is recycled into usable products while other hazardous wastes are treated through chemical, biological or physical treatment to render it non-hazardous. It may also be incinerated or disposed of in a specially designed landfill.
D-E professionals are experienced in working every client to reduce hazardous waste production, manage hazardous waste program, oversee cleanup of hazardous waste contamination, promote property reuse, facilitate the removal and cleanup of petroleum storage tanks. Hazardous waste generators must arrange for shipment of their hazardous waste to a facility permitted to accept it or, with the appropriate permits, treat it themselves. We have the expertise in place to provide this service and other services associated with hazardous waste management.
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