Landfill

RE- The Landfill Directive Implementation from 16th July 2004

As from the 16th July 2004, our company operates an IPPC permitted Landfill site for non-hazardous wastes with cells for stable non-reactive hazardous wastes. This means that we can receive all non hazardous industrial/commercial waste streams into our Seaton Meadows Landfill.

We can also take into our stable non-reactive hazardous waste cell, the following;

1) Bonded asbestos
2) Fibrous asbestos
3) Contaminated land*
4) Any other stable non-reactive waste (hazardous) *

* See Waste Acceptance Criteria table re: Leachability testing.

Waste Characterisation / Compatibility

The landfill Directive required that all procedures of hazardous waste must provide an analytical assessment of the waste to confirm if the waste is compatible with our waste acceptance criteria (see table) for our Stable Non Reactive Hazardous Waste cell.

We would urge all customers to have this analysis undertaken as soon as possible.

Re-Classification of Waste

It has come to our attention that many current waste streams are being consigned as “hazardous waste” but are infact not hazardous.

Typical examples are empty paint tins and contaminated packaging or rubbish. (See included table).

Thresholds for irritants, harmful toxic materials etc can be shown in the table.

Onus in the past has been placed on the materials used by producers of wastes rather than determining the “hazard” content of the waste itself.

For example, an empty dry used paint tin containing no hazardous materials is not a hazardous waste.

Packaging with less than 10-25% of an irritant or harmful material is also below the threshold of determining hazardous waste, therefore producers should look at their individual waste streams and house keeping regimes to see if any of their waste can be re-classified as “non-hazardous”.

Pre-treatment of hazardous waste

Hazardous waste – not conforming to our Waste Acceptance Criteria will have to be pre-treated prior to landfill.

We are in the process of building a treatment plant that will handle both liquids and solids. This plant is expected to be completed towards the end of 2004.

We trust the above information helps to clarify this particular concern for our customers.

Waste Acceptance Criteria Table

Leachability Characterisation Testing for Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste