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Small-Quantity-Generator Hazardous-Waste Production and Management in Florida

R.C. Herndon

Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research and Hazardous Waste Management, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4016, U.S.A.

J.E. Moerlins

Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research and Hazardous Waste Management, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4016, U.S.A.

E.B. Jones

Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research and Hazardous Waste Management, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4016, U.S.A.

V.W. Lambou

Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas, Nevada 89193-3478, U.S.A.

J.D. Koutsandreas

Office of Acid Deposition, Environmental Monitoring and Quality Assurance, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. 20460, U.S.A.

Data are presented on the production and management of hazardous waste by approximately 20 000 small-quantity hazardous-waste generators (SQHWGs) in the state of Florida. SQHWGs are generators that produce less than 1000 kg of hazardous waste in a calendar month. There were approximately 117 000 metric tonnes of small-quantity-generator (SQG) hazardous waste produced annually. Included in this total are over 43 000 tonnes of waste oils even though they were not regulated as a hazardous waste at the time of the survey. Approximately half of this hazardous waste is managed using the following methods: recycling, treatment, and disposal in permitted hazardous-waste-management facilities. However, large quantities of this SQG hazardous waste are disposed of in sanitary landfills and discharged to public sewers and these facilities are typically not designed to handle hazardous waste. These data indicate that there are potential environmental and human-health problems associated with the management of SQG hazardous waste in Florida as well as throughout the U.S.A.

Key Words: Hazardous waste • sanitary landfills • small-quantity generators • solid waste • public sewers • waste disposal • waste characterization • waste oils • U.S.A.

Waste Management & Research, Vol. 7, No. 1, 165-175 (1989)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X8900700121
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