DISPOSAL

Chemical waste in the form of solid, liquid or gases must be treated before
being discharged into the sewage, drain or atmosphere.

The quality of discharge should comply with, DOE The Environment Quality
(Sewage & Industrial Effluent) Regulation 1979, The Environment Quality
(Clean Air) Regulation 1979 and The Environment Quality (Clean Air) 1978.

Environment Quality (Scheduled Waste Treatment & Disposal) Regulation

1989, requires the factory owner to ensure that his waste are handled and
disposed at the area designated specially to prevent spillage to the
environment.

Waste containers should be handled properly. A system must exist where

containers would be identified, marked and isolated for various purpose such
as for it to be cleaned & reused, recollected by disposal contractor, or to be
destroyed prior to disposal.

Storage of these containers must be at properly designated location, isolated

from workers daily activities.

The storage area should be covered to provide shade against hot sun and
rain.

Containers should come with lid to prevent ingress of rain water. The lid must
be loosely fitted for highly volatile material.

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Mineral oil & oil contaminated waste.

Waste containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) and
polychlorinated triphenyls (PCT).
Spent organic solvent containing halogen and/or sulphur e.g.
Methylenechloride, 1,1,1 triechloroethane, perchloroethylene,
dimethyl sulphide.
Spent aromatic organic solvent without containing compounds or
organic halogen and/or sulphur e.g. toluene, xylene, thinner,
turpentine, kerosene.
Spent non aromatic organic solvent without containing compounds
of organic halogen or sulphur e.g. acetones, ketones, alcohols,
cleansing-benzene, dimethyl formamide.
Residues from recovery of halogenated solvent, may contain oil, fat
& solvent.
Residues from recovery of non-halogenated solvent, may contain oil,
fat & residues of solvent.
Spent orgono-metallic compounds (except mercury compounds) e.g.
tetraethyl lead and organotin compounds, may be mixed with
benzene.
Flux waste, may contain mixture of organic acid, solvents or
compounds of ammonium chloride.
Spent aqueous alkaline solution not containing cyanide, may contain
heavy metals.
Spent aqueous alkaline solution containing cyanide, may contain
heavy metals.
Spent aqueous chromic acid solution.
Spent aqueous inorganic acid solutions, other than spent acid
chromic solutions, may contain heavy metals.
Spent aqueous or discarded photographic waste from film
processing or plate making.
Metal hydroxide sludge containing one or several of the following
metals: i.e. chromium, copper, nickel, zinc, lead, cadmium, aluminum
and tin.
Plating bath sludge containing cyanide.