Optimization of Transportation for Hazardous Waste Disposal from Medical Units

2015 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 378-382
Author(s):  
Mihaela Debita ◽  
Carmina Liana Musat ◽  
Madalina Rus ◽  
Elena Mereuta ◽  
Claudiu Mereuta
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Medical Waste ◽  
Transportation Costs ◽  
Healthcare Facilities ◽  
Final Disposal ◽  
Hazardous Waste Disposal ◽  
A Company ◽  
Technical Considerations

The paper presents some technical considerations regarding the medical waste transportation and an optimization calculus for minimizing the transportation costs of a company specialized and authorized in collecting, transporting and final disposal of medical waste generated by healthcare facilities. The calculus revealed that it is possible to significantly reduce the transportation costs (up to 65.52%), but there are also other analysis possibilities like considering the in-between points from sources to destinations, alternative paths, limits to the amount of medical waste on each path, time.

Hazardous characteristics of dust waste from metal manufacturing industries in South Korea

2021 ◽  
pp. 0734242X2199655
Author(s):  
Cheol-Woo Yoon ◽  
Young-Sam Yoon ◽  
Su-Yeon Hong ◽  
Tea-wan Jeon ◽  
Sun-Kyoung Shin
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Hazardous Materials ◽  
Manufacturing Industries ◽  
South Korean ◽  
Hazardous Waste Disposal ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
Or Fires

The Ministry of Environment, South Korea, is involved in efforts to reduce safety-related accidents that could occur during hazardous waste disposal and minimise the environmental impacts of waste disposal. To reach such goals, new factors have been added that contribute to the hazardous characteristics of hazardous waste. The Ministry is also expanding regulations on inorganic and organic components present in hazardous waste for these factors and continues to correct the classification system to establish standards for waste components. Metallic dust, for example, is mostly generated during the operation of melting furnaces or precipitators and dangerous materials contained in this dust may cause accidents, such as explosions or fires. South Korean accident cases have confirmed that waste containing hazardous materials, such as Mg, Al and Mg–Al alloys, can cause such events. Therefore, this study analysed 28 dust samples collected from the dust accumulated in precipitators in 28 metal manufacturing facilities in South Korea. Nine samples were flammable and four samples were reactive to water. Two samples also exhibited leaching toxicities. The results applied to relevant laws in South Korea showed that the proportion of waste containing hazardous characteristics increased from 7.14% in the previous management category to 39.29% in the extended category, an overall increase of 32.15 percentage points.

Adverse Health Effects at a Tennessee Hazardous Waste Disposal Site

1984 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERT H. HARRIS ◽  
JOSEPH H. HIGHLAND ◽  
JOSEPH V. RODRICKS ◽  
STAVROS S. PAPADOPULOS
Keyword(s):  
Health Effects ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Disposal Site ◽  
Waste Disposal Site ◽  
Adverse Health Effects ◽  
Hazardous Waste Disposal ◽  
Adverse Health

Organic components in leachates from hazardous waste disposal sites

1999 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 186-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akio Yasuhara ◽  
Hiroaki Shiraishi ◽  
Masataka Nishikawa ◽  
Takashi Yamamoto ◽  
Osami Nakasugi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Hazardous Waste Disposal ◽  
Organic Components

scholarly journals Florida Solid and Hazardous Waste Regulation Handbook: Solid and Hazardous Waste Disposal

EDIS ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 2004 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael T. Olexa ◽  
Aaron Leviten ◽  
Kelly Samek
Keyword(s):  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Cooperative Extension ◽  
Resource Economics ◽  
Cooperative Extension Service ◽  
Extension Service ◽  
University Of Florida ◽  
Hazardous Waste Disposal

This is EDIS document FE457, a publication of the Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, UF/IFAS, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Published December 2003. https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fe457

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