How are hazardous wastes disposed of?
Some really good information provided by Bearwith . . . The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act is the federal law that specifices how solid and hazardous wastes (subset of solid waste) are to be managed. Hazardous waste must be managed (treated or disposed of) at facilities with either a hazardous waste permit or according to terms specified by the hazardous waste regulations — there are cases where certain management practices for hazardous wastes are exempt from having to get an actual permit. An example would be a company that generates hazardous waste that then would be allowed to treat that waste on-site in containers or tanks within 90 days, as long as that treatment is not a thermal process. Yes, incineration is one method of hazardous waste disposal. Hazardous waste landfills represent another method. Underground injection, while there are not that many (only a handful of sites – 42 – about 3% of 1400 facilities ), underground injection wells for hazardous waste, the vast
