Abstract
This chapter provides an overview of hazardous waste management and control. Hazardous waste is any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste that exhibits one or more of the following characteristics: flammable, reactive, explosive, corrosive, radioactive, infectious, irritating, or bioaccumulative. For practical purposes in management and control of hazardous wastes, the definition of hazardous waste that is outlined as per one of the major US environmental law, known as Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), is being adopted throughout. Several past and recent incidents on the mismanagement of hazardous wastes, subsequent liability issues, and financial losses are discussed to highlight the importance of the subject. Furthermore, regulations related to hazardous wastes including RCRA; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA); Basel Convention on transboundary movement of hazardous wastes between countries; and several other laws are introduced. Moreover, hazardous waste symbols, listed wastes, past contaminated sites, hazardous waste identification methods, hazardous waste management, and treatment methods are summarized. This chapter will be very useful for people who plan to pursue industrial or academic career in the area of hazardous waste management and control.
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Shareefdeen, Z., Elkamel, A. (2022). Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management and Control. In: Shareefdeen, Z. (eds) Hazardous Waste Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95262-4_1
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