Ask The Right Questions Credibility, experience and flexibility are important qualities you should look for in a hazardous waste vendor. Can you provide documentation of compliance history, insurance coverage and qualifications?
What licenses and permits do you hold? Are you financially sound? Are you properly permitted for hazardous waste transportation , storage, treatment and disposal of waste at the facility? How quickly are you able to remove hazardous waste? Are you able to demonstrate a good, sound history of regulatory compliance?
Do you have personnel who are properly trained? Are you able to provide a statement of qualifications SOQ? Do you have procedures in place to deal with unknown chemicals? Do you use subcontractors, and if so, are you able to identify which companies are used and for what activities? Are you able to identify how the materials you handle will be managed? Are you able to provide a list of references on past related projects? No Offloading Allowed Maintaining compliance with your cradle to grave requirements falls squarely on you as the generator.
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There was no criminal intent. Nonetheless, there was significant damage to the Whole Foods brand image—especially since the settlement tossed the ecologically self-conscious company into the same shopping cart with Walmart, which perpetrated a similar brand fiasco upon itself some years prior. Hazardous Waste Experts specializes in hazardous waste management, recycling, and disposal. For more information call us at You must be sure that the landfill that ultimately accepts your particular kind and amount of hazardous waste is licensed to do so.
It can be a full-time job in itself to ensure that a hazardous waste management vendor is properly licensed, insured, and adequately experienced to handle the kind and size of waste stream you generate. The growing amount of waste generated has made it increasingly important for solid waste management officials to develop strategies to manage wastes safely and cost effectively.
RCRA set up a framework for the proper management of hazardous waste. From this authority, EPA established a comprehensive regulatory program to ensure that hazardous waste is managed safely from "cradle to grave" meaning from the time it is created, while it is transported, treated, and stored, and until it is disposed:. Under RCRA, hazardous waste generators are the first link in the hazardous waste management system. All generators must determine if their waste is hazardous and must oversee the ultimate fate of the waste.
Furthermore, generators must ensure and fully document that the hazardous waste that they produce is properly identified, managed, and treated prior to recycling or disposal. The degree of regulation that applies to each generator depends on the amount of waste that a generator produces.
EPA provides detailed online information about the regulations applicable to generators of hazardous wastes.
After generators produce a hazardous waste, transporters may move the waste to a facility that can recycle, treat, store or dispose of the waste. Since such transporters are moving regulated wastes on public roads, highways, rails and waterways, United States Department of Transportation hazardous materials regulations, as well as EPA's hazardous waste regulations, apply. To the extent possible, EPA tried to develop hazardous waste regulations that balance the conservation of resources, while ensuring the protection of human health and environment.
Many hazardous wastes can be recycled safely and effectively, while other wastes will be treated and disposed of in landfills or incinerators. Recycling hazardous waste has a variety of benefits including reducing the consumption of raw materials and the volume of waste materials that must be treated and disposed.
However, improper storage of those materials might cause spills, leaks, fires, and contamination of soil and drinking water. To encourage hazardous waste recycling while protecting health and the environment, EPA developed regulations to ensure recycling would be performed in a safe manner. Since they manage large volumes of waste and conduct activities that may present a higher degree of risk, TSDFs are stringently regulated.
The TSDF requirements establish generic facility management standards, specific provisions governing hazardous waste management units and additional precautions designed to protect soil, ground water and air resources.
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