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Hazardous waste management and planning with special emphasis on GeorgiaClute, Andrea Reams 05 1900 (has links)
No description available.
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An overview of chemical waste management of printed circuit board manufacturing in Hong KongKwok, Hon-chiu., 郭漢超. January 1996 (has links)
published_or_final_version / Environmental Management / Master / Master of Science in Environmental Management
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Hazardous waste management at University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus) : Is it managed according to legal standards?Mbeki, Unathi Namhla January 2009 (has links)
Thesis (M.Phil. (Environmental Law and Management)) --University of Limpopo, 2009 / In this study hazardous waste is defined as well as its classes.The current status of hazardous waste management, available legislation,enforcement and minimum requirements are discussed.Hazardous waste chemicals produced at University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus),their amounts and their management were determined.They are compared to minimum requirements from Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.Other Universities hazardous waste management programmes were looked at.
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Descriptive study of current practices of hazardous waste management among identified small quantity generators in Benton CountyGebrewold, Fetene 13 January 1993 (has links)
Current evidence suggests that development and industrialization has engendered
the manufacture and use of chemical products which may harm human health
and degrade the environment. One of the most pressing environmental needs since
World War II is perhaps the issue of how society either manages or mismanages hazardous
wastes. The purpose of this study was to assess current management and
disposal practices among Small Quantity Generators (SQG) and Conditionally Exempt
Generators (CEG) in Benton County, Oregon. Study objectives included identification
of the number of registered and nonregistered SQGs and CEGs, identification
of the types of businesses, estimation of the quantities of hazardous wastes produced
and used, and assessment of current levels of awareness among generators of
hazardous wastes of pertinent regulations and safe environmental practices. A survey
instrument was used to collect data during in-person interviews with representatives
from a total of 48 businesses in Benton County.
Findings indicated that the majority of both the registered (70%) and nonregistered
(72.2%) businesses performed cleaning and degreasing activities at their business
locations. Other activities, in order of importance, included fabrication, retail
sales, manufacturing, and painting. With respect to the types of wastes produced or
used, the majority of the respondents indicated the production or use of waste oils
and aqueous liquids. Similarly, the majority of registered businesses (96.7%) indicated
that they provided employee training in hazardous waste management. Asked to
identify their method of disposal, both SQG and CEG respondents listed return to
supplier, recycle on-site, treatment, storage and disposal facilities, garbage/landfills,
evaporation, and sales of wastes, in order of importance, as their preferred method
of disposal. Most of the respondents indicated that their principal recycled wastes
were solvents and oils, followed by refrigerated gases and other products.
The study also considered the influence of state and federal laws and regulations
as applied to hazardous wastes, and whether or not these administrative rules
created a problem for Benton County businesses. In contrast to prior studies which
have indicated that among most businesses federal and state laws and regulations
were regarded as too complex and inflexible, or who complained that lack of access
to information or lack of time to remain informed served as significant constraints
upon their ability to comply, the majority of Benton County businesses indicated "no
problem" with the administrative rules.
The conclusion of the study was that an overall comparison of Benton County
SQGs and CEGs does not provide clear and convincing evidence that nonregistered
businesses, by virtue of the regulatory exemption, practice illegal hazardous waste
disposal and management procedures to a greater degree than the more fully regulated
registered business. / Graduation date: 1993
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The transportation of hazardous waste in South Africa : a comparative analysis of South African, British, American and Australian legislation.Athienides, Angela. January 1998 (has links)
This dissertation examines the regulatory measures/legislation governing the road transportation of hazardous waste in South Africa, the United States, Australia and Britain. The document compares the legislation/regulatory measures that exist in South Africa to those that exist in the United States, Australia and Britain. In so doing the
document highlights the shortcomings that presently exist in the legislation/regulatory measures governing the road transportation of hazardous waste in South Africa as well as the shortcomings that exist in the legislation/regulatory measures governing the road transportation of hazardous waste in the United States, Australia and Britain and which
must therefore be avoided. The document concludes by suggesting improvements which can and ought to be made to the South African law governing the road transportation of hazardous waste. / Thesis (LL.M.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.
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A case study exploring the level of awareness of NCP Chlorchem's staff of environmental costs associated with hazardous wasteTlhapane, Keatlaretse Kefilwe January 2014 (has links)
[Integrative executive summary] NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd manufactures and distributes Chlor alkali products such as chlorine, hydrochloric acid, caustic soda flakes, etc. and in the process generates both hazardous and general waste. Following changes in South African waste management legislation in 2011, the organisation’s waste service provider had to increase the costs associated with the handling of site’s hazardous waste. Top management of NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd requested a meeting with the waste service provider in order to establish the reasons behind the price increase. In that meeting, which the researcher attended, the waste service provider explained the changes in waste legislation and how it was going to impact on their business. Top management understood the reasons behind the price increase; however, they requested the waste service provider to review the price increase. The waste service provider gave the top management of NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd assurance that they were going to discuss the price reduction request with their own senior management and would provide feedback. The researcher did not participate in the feedback meetings; however, to this day, NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd still uses the services of the same waste service provider. The effect the escalating annual waste handling costs has had on NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd’s management team led to the study. Environmental impacts have costs that directly impact on company’s bottom line, such as the costs associated with the generation of waste. Although environmental costs are only one of the many costs incurred by businesses, they deserve management’s attention. According to Jasch (2003), there is an apparent lack of awareness and understanding of the magnitude of the environmental costs generated by organisations, and many opportunities for cost savings through good environmental management are lost. However, using a relatively new tool in environmental management, that is, environmental management accounting (EMA), management would ensure that relevant and significant environmental costs are considered when making business decisions (Jasch, 2003). The main purpose of the thesis is to explore the level of awareness of environmental costs associated with hazardous waste within NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd. In order to carry out the study, literature about environmental and cost accounting as well as literature on waste management was reviewed. Questionnaires were distributed to staff members, and meetings were held with different senior personnel. This case study seeks to answer the following questions: What is NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd’s staff members’ level of understanding of waste management? What is the level of awareness of NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd’s staff of environmental costs with regard to the generation, handling, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste? How can the current traditional accounting within the organisation be integrated with environmental management accounting? The findings of the first research objective revealed that staff members knew the site’s waste streams as per the South African legal definition of waste and as identified in the site’s environmental management system documentation. The conceptual approach to waste management is underpinned by the waste hierarchy. The respondents support the waste hierarchy in its approach to waste management, which is prevention of waste, reduction, reuse, recycle and safe disposal of waste as the last resort. Lack of awareness of environmental management, among other things, was cited as the cause of waste. In addition to that, the respondents believe the waste hierarchy can be achieved by employing recycling facilities, following procedures and by carrying out environmental awareness campaigns. Improving process design and control and including changes in raw material was cited, among other things, as the respondents’ perception on how waste can be reduced. The findings of the respondents’ understanding of waste hierarchy revealed that staff members understood waste management. The respondents cited the impacts of waste on the business as financial impact on the business, impact on their bonuses, and possible loss of business. In relation to the second research objective, it was found that staff members knew the hazardous waste streams and identified amongst other waste, sludge and chlorine emissions as NCP Chlorchem (Pty) Ltd’s hazardous waste. However, with regard to environmental management accounting data, an average of 55.1% of respondents were not familiar with the physical and monetary components of EMA. An average of 19.6% of respondents who were aware of EMA might have been senior personnel. It could further be established that those who were familiar with EMA information were actually working with the data, either for reporting purposes, or for employing waste minimisation strategies, as well as awareness purposes, to their juniors. On average, 80% of the respondents perceived the production department as the area within site that has the EMA information.
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