Land contamination can devalue your property and risk the health of others. Don’t risk prosecution and expensive clean-up costs. Take appropriate action when undertaking any activities that could cause contamination. Chemical handling and storage store hazardous materials including fuel, oils and chemicals, in correctly segregated, bunded and covered areas so that accidental spills cannot reach […]
REMEDIATING FORMER SERVICE STATION SITES
Environmental remediation strategies should take into account the environmental impact of the actual remediation operations, including the impact on air quality, water quality, noise levels and waste management. Priority Environmental Outcomes The EPA has identified the following priority environmental outcomes: improvement in air quality to protect public health and amenity improvement in inland water quality, […]
SIX STEPS FOR CLASSIFYING WASTE
Hazardous Waste Classifications Classifying wastes into groups that pose similar risks to the environment and human health facilitates their waste management and appropriate disposal. Six waste classes are used: special waste liquid waste hazardous waste restricted solid waste general solid waste (putrescible) general solid waste (non-putrescible). Six basic steps for classifying waste. Step 1: Establish […]
WASTE – GENERAL CLASSIFICATION PRINCIPLES
The following principles must be applied at all times when using the step-by-step waste classification process. Where practicable, it is desirable to separate a mixture of wastes before classifying them separately. For example, if waste tyres (special waste) are mixed with lead-acid batteries (hazardous waste), it would be desirable to separate the wastes so only […]
RESTRICTED SOLID WASTE – ASBESTOS MANAGEMENT
Asbestos means the fibrous form of those mineral silicates that belong to the serpentine or amphibole groups of rock-forming minerals, including actinolite, amosite (brown asbestos), anthophyllite, chrysotile (white asbestos), crocidolite (blue asbestos) and tremolite. Asbestos waste means any waste that contains asbestos. ‘Special waste’ is a class of waste that has unique regulatory requirements. The […]
