The
RCRA waste mainly comes under the
law of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act which involves the disposition of
the wastes in an eco-friendly manner without harming any living beings of the
society. This is regarded as the best possible waste management method
especially for the most hazardous wastes of the society. The RCRA act is being
sincerely being exercised by the Environmental Protection Agency or EPA that
handles these hazardous wastes with care. This particular agency highly follows
all the established waste management laws and principles that are included
within the law.
The
hazardous wastes can be harmful for the health of the human beings and thus
they need to be removed as soon as possible. The RCRA waste is mostly available
in the form of solid wastes but in some cases they can be in the form of
liquids as well. Some of the poisonous and harmful gases are also included
within the list of these hazardous wastes. Most of the listed wastes that have
been included under this act are coming out as the residual products of
different industries and thus they are also known as toxic industrial wastes.
The F-list wastes are being created either from manufacturing or industrial
sectors. Some of the specific industrial sectors from where the K-list wastes
are generated include petroleum refineries, ink formulators, veterinary pharmaceuticals
producers, pesticides, inorganic pigments and explosives. The U and P-list RCRA
Waste
includes
some toxic chemicals which are very injurious for human health.
Special recognizable
characteristics of hazardous wastes
Some
of the most common features of RCRA waste are in the following:-
· Some basic and common qualities of these
hazardous wastes are toxicity, reactivity, corrosivety, and ignitability.
·
The ignitable wastes catch easy fire
while the corrosive ones are highly alkaline or acidic which cause great harm
to the storage tanks and metal drums.
·
Reactive wastes are highly prone to
explosion as the toxic components are reacted for explosion.
·
These toxic and poisonous industrial
gases can cause skin diseases, eye irritations, and lung irritations to human
beings.
