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Definition and classification
– PUBLIC HEALTH
– THE ENVIRONMENT
HAZARDOUS WASTE
BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
TRP Chapter 2.1 3
Examples of hazardous waste
definitions: Basel Convention
Examples:
•Spent cyanide solutions
•Waste pesticides
Examples:
•acids from metals cleaning
processes eg ferric chloride
from printed circuit board
manufacture
•liquor from steel
manufacture
Examples:
•Waste oils
•Used solvents
•Organic cleaning materials
•Paint wastes
Examples:
• Peroxide solutions
• Hypochlorite solutions or solids
Examples:
• Heavy metals
• Detergents
• Oils
• Soluble salts