HAZARDOUS WASTE

MANAGEMENT

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What is a Hazardous
Hazardous
waste can be defined as
Waste?
waste that has the potential, even in low concentrations, to
have a significant adverse effect on public health and the
environment because of its inherent toxicological,
chemical and physical characteristics

What chemical waste must be

managed?

This includes waste which exhibit one of four hazardous

characteristics:
Ignitability (flammability)
Corrosively
Reactivity (oxidizer)
Toxicity (poison)

Ignitable

It has a flash point less than 60 C (140 F).

It is a solid capable of causing fire through friction, absorption of

moisture/water or spontaneous chemical change

It is an oxidizer

It is an ignitable compressed gas

Corrosive
aqueous and has a PH less than or equal to 2 or greater than or
equal to 12.5
corrodes steel at a rate greater than 6.35 mm (0.250 inch) per
year
Solid when mixed with an equivalent weight of water has a PH
less than or equal to 2 or greater than or equal to 12.5.

Reactive
Normally unstable
Reacts violently with water/moisture
Forms an explosive mixture with water
Generates toxic gases when mixed with water
Capable of detonation when subject to a strong initiating force
Readily capable of detonation or explosive decomposition or
reaction at a standard temperature and pressure.

Toxic
Contains a listed carcinogen at a concentration greater than or equal
to 0.001% by weight.
Has an acute LD50 or LC50 less than the specified levels of 2,500
mg/Kg 10,000 ppm or 500 mg/l or LD 50 dermal less than 4,300
Mg/Hg.
Or experience or testing has shown it to be toxic.

COMMON
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Used Oil and Petroleum Products

Hydrocarbon Contaminated Waste

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)

Contaminated
Waste

Solvents

Trycloerothylene (TCE)

Spent Antifreeze

COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE

Edible/Vegetable
Oil

COMMON
HAZARDOUS WASTE

Electronic Waste / e-waste

Ink and Toner Cartridges

Smoke Detectors

Wet Cell Batteries

Dry Cell Batteries

COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE

Lighting Waste

COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE

Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Waste

(ACW)

COMMON
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Boiler Ash (and other ash waste)

Medical Waste, Health Care Risk Waste

Paint Waste and Empty Paint Containers

Empty and Contaminated Chemical Containers

Demolition and Construction Waste (Building

Rubble)

COMMON HAZARDOUS WASTE

Redundant
Pesticides

Philippine Laws concerning Hazardous

Waste Management

PD 1152:
PHILIPPINE ENVIRONMENT CODE

which took effect in 1977, provides a basis for an integrated waste

management regulation starting from waste source to methods of
disposal. PD 1152 has further mandated specific guidelines to manage
municipal wastes (solid and liquid), sanitary landfill and incineration,
and disposal sites in the Philippines.

RA 6969:
Toxic Substances, Hazardous and Nuclear
Wastes Control Act

The Philippine Congress enacted it in 1990

Regulates the importation, manufacture, processing, handling, storage, transportation,

sale, distribution, use and disposal of chemical substances and mixtures in the
Philippines including the entry, even in transit, as well as the storage and disposal of
hazardous and nuclear wastes into the country for whatever purpose

DAO 92-29: The

Implementing
Rules and Regulations
provides for the regulation of all chemical substances that may pose
threat to public health and the environment whether through import,
manufacture, sale, use, distribution, and disposal
provides for the regulation of all hazardous wastes from generation,
transport, storage, re-use/recycling, treatment and disposal

Ecological Solid Waste

Management Act
(RA 9003)

The Act provides for a systematic, comprehensive and ecological solid

waste management program which shall utilize environmentally sound
methods that maximize the utilization of valuable resources and
encourage resources conservation and recovery.

Other specific environmental laws

Pollution Control Law (PD 984)

Environmental Impact Assessment System Law (PD 1586)

Clean Air Act (RA 8749 )

DAO 2004-36:
Procedural Manual for
Hazardous Waste Management

Classification of Hazardous Wastes

Registration of Hazardous Waste Generator

Registration of Hazardous Waste Transporters

Categories of Treatment, Storage and Disposal (TSD) Facilities

PRESCRIBED HAZARDOUS WASTES

Table 1-1 Classification of Hazardous
Wastes
CLASS
WASTE NUMBER

Plating wastes (Waste with cyanide)

Acid wastes
Alkali wastes
Wastes with Inorganic Chemical
Reactive Chemical Wastes
Paints/Resins/Latices/Inks/Dyes
Waste Organic Solvents
Putrescible/Organic Wastes
Oil
Containers
Immobilized Wastes
Organic Chemicals

A101
B201 to B299
C101 to C399
D401 to D499
E501 to E599
F601 to F699
G703 to G704
H801 to H802
I101
J201
K301 to K303
L401 to L499

PRESCRIBED HAZARDOUS WASTES

Table 1-1 Classification of Hazardous
Wastes

CLASS

WASTE NUMBER

Miscellaneous Wastes

Pathological or Infectious Wastes

Asbestos Wastes
Pharmaceuticals and Drugs
Pesticides
POPs (Persistent Organic Pollutants)
Pesticides
Waste from Electrical
and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

M501
M502
M503
M504
M505
M506

STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS
WASTE

Minimum Requirement for

Hazardous Waste Storage
Facilities
a. It must be accessible in cases of emergency and for purposes of
inspection and monitoring;
b. The facility should be enclosed but adequately ventilated;
c. The floors should be impermeable to liquids and resistant to attack
by chemicals, not slippery and should be constructed so as to retain
spillages;
d. The facility should be properly secured and not easily accessed by
unauthorized persons;

Minimum Requirement for

Hazardous Waste Storage
Facilities
(contd)
e.
Drums should preferably
be stored upright on pallets and
stacked no more than four (4) drums high;

f. Drums should be raised on pallets or similar structures to allow

passage of water and circulation of air;
g. All containers should be checked regularly for leaks;
h. There should be segregation of acids from bases and other
hazardous wastes; and
i. There should also be segregation of non-treated from treated
hazardous wastes.

Types of vessels, containers, tanks

and containment buildings used for
storage of hazardous waste
Vessels, containers, tanks and buildings used for storage of hazardous waste
include:
1. metal drum (with a lid or a cap)
2. plastic container
3. metal container
4. cloth container
5. container van
6. tanker truck
7. built tank
8. containment building/warehouse (completely enclosed structure with four
walls, a roof, and a floor used to store non-containerized waste, such as bulky
and high volume non-liquid waste)
9. settling ponds not used as treatment of wastewater

STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE

Hazardous Waste Storage

A funnel is not a cap

Good Secondary Containment

Waste containers must be keep

closed/capped unless waste is being
added or removed!

Poor management of paint waste.

Hazardous Waste Storage

Containers need to
have closable/sealable
lids or covers.
Containers must be in
good condition: no
holes, creases, cracks,
rust.
They must be
compatible to the
waste stored in it.

Container open with no label

Hazardous Waste Storage

NO Food or Beverage

Containers.

Hazardous Waste Storage

Remember hazardous
waste containers are for
waste and not trash.

Symbols used in labelling

hazardous chemicals

Explosive

Flammable
Liquid
Flammable
Liquid

Reactive

Toxic

Corrosive

Infectious

Waste Labeling
Label must have the words:
Hazardous Waste
The name and address of
the generator (SDSU)
The waste composition
and physical state
Percent volume
Type of Hazard, ie.
Flammable, Corrosive,
Toxic

The accumulation start

date (Month, Day, Year)

Incomplete waste label

-No Start Date
-No percent volume
-No hazards checked

Waste Labeling

Needs improvement!!

In other words, fill out the entire

hazardous waste label!!

Waste Minimization
Key methods for waste
minimization
Reduce
Purchase only what you need

Reuse
Reuse empty containers to collect
waste
Discarded material could be used in
another projects

Recycle
Some waste oils and paints can be
recycled
Remember that Paper, Metals and
some Plastics can be recycled

Hazardous waste must not be

disposed of on site.
This includes Storm
or Sewer Drains
The Trash Can

Disposal Methods
Two Alternatives:
1. Sanitary landfills

2. Incineration - Space reduction and energy recovery

Mass burn - avoids sorting, but can cause air pollution because
hazardous wastes are not removed.
Refuse-derived fuel - Removal of unburnable or recyclable
materials before combustion.

Thank you for listening!