Chemical and hazardous waste

Mgs. Andrés Herrera Yela

Chemical and hazardous waste

Hazardous waste is
Chemical waste is
a waste with
made from
properties that
harmful chemicals
make it dangerous

Hazardous waste
With harmful effects
can be liquids,
on human health or
solids, gases, and
the environment
sludges.
 There are some properties of chemical wastes to be considered
as hazardous
Properties of
hazardous
waste

Ignitability Corrosivity Reactivity Toxicity

Can dissolve Can generate a Can cause

Capacity of violent
metal or other illness or
get on fire chemical
materials reaction death

Paints, oils, Cleaning Inks (Heavy

solutions. Metalic metals).
resins, Chlorine Sodium Bateries (lead).
rubber. compounds. Pesticides
Chemical and hazardous waste sources
Domestic
activities

Hazardous Industrial
waste sources activities

Biomedical Infectious
activities waste
 Components of hazardous waste management

Reduce the amount

Source reduction
of HZW generated
HZW Management

Transport

Recycle

Treatment

Final Disposal
 Hazardous waste treatment

Change the chemical or physical To reduce or eliminate the toxicity

composition of waste or other hazardous properties

Hazardous Chemical methods

waste
treatment
methods Biological methods

Thermal methods

Physical methods
Hazardous waste treatment

Chemical, biological, and Change the molecular form

thermal methods of the waste material

Chemical Ion exchange

methods
Precipitation

Neutralization

Oxidation and reduction

Thermal metods for hazardous waste treatment

Thermal metods

Incineration Autoclave

Use high-
Destroy
temperature and
hazardous waste
pressure

Waste volume is Esterilizate

reduced by 90% infectious waste
Biological metods for hazardous waste
treatment
Use microorganisms to decompose
organic waste. It is commonly used in
the oil industry to remove hydrocarbons
from contaminated soils

Bioremedation Landfarming

The waste is mixture with soil and

genetic modificated bacterias to
decompose organic wastes,
 Physical methods
Concentrates, or reduces
Physical methods
the volume of the waste

Physical Evaporation

methods
Sedimentation

Filtration

Encapsulate the waste in

concrete (resistant to leaching). 

Landfills for hazardous waste

Landfilling for hazardous waste
Hazardous wastes must
It must have two
be disposed at least 3
impermeable liners
metres from the bottom
and leachate collection
of the landfill and
systems.
groundwater
Regulations for hazardous waste
Resource
INEN 2266 – ACM. Conservation and
142 Ecuador Recovery Act
(RCRA)- EPA USA

Transportation

Storage

Handling

Disposal of HZW