CHAPTER 8

WASTE MANAGEMENT

Introduction and Waste Characterization (Joyce)

8.1. Liquid Waste Management (Loui)

8.2. Solid Waste Management (Joshua)

Industrial wastes that are discharged to neither air nor water are classified as

solid, industrial, or hazardous waste. Disposal methods include landfills, incinerators,

and composting. In some cases, it is advantageous to subject certain of these wastes to

treatment before disposal by one of these methods. At the national level, these wastes

are regulated primarily by the R.A. 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management

Act of 2000, which contains specific design and management standards for both

hazardous wastes and industrial level solid wastes (Bennett, 2002).

The potential solid waste sources of our two-step catalytic biodiesel production

plant are only limited to the solid products of the waste cooking oil feed filter, waste

ferric sulfate, and utilities solid wastes from building facilities. These solid wastes are

classified according to the IRR of the R.A. 9003 as non-hazardous solid wastes except

for ferric sulfate waste, thus allowing the landfill disposal of these solid wastes. The

ferric sulfate catalyst wastes will be handled by properly segregating these solid wastes

and upon bulk collection, these wastes will be sold and forwarded to private collectors

which handles this kind of industrial waste since ferric sulfate wastes may still be used

for heavy metals recovery in wastewater treatment methods according to Jadhav et al.

(2012).