Chemical Waste Management
Project Objectives
Significant chemical waste is generated from the labs on campus: 1. To find out how are these chemicals disposed.
2. To suggest what is the optimum way of disposing them. 3. Identification of the risks involved.
Contents
1.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES……………………………………………1
4.
INTRODUCTION…………………………………..........................5
4.1 Waste…………………………….……………..........................5
4.2 Chemical Waste……………………………………………….6
4.3 Hazardous Chemical Wastes…………………………….7
4.4 Non-Hazardous Chemical Wastes………………........8
2.
CONTENTS……………………….………………............................2
3.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………….…………..........................3
5.
CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL………………………………..9
6.
WASTE DISPOSAL IN IITM…………………………………….10
6.1 Facts about B.Tech Lab Investigation………….…..12
7.
8.
9.
OPTIMUM WAY OF DISPOSAL……………………………….13
7.1 Managing Hazardous Wastes………………………….13
7.2 Waste Minimization………………………………………..13
7.3 Storing Waste in Lab……………………………………..14
7.4 Disposal of Waste…………………………………………..14
7.5 What Happens to the Waste……………………………15
RISKS INVOLVED………………………………………………….16
7.1 Risks while storing the waste…………………………..16
7.2 Risks while disposing the waste……………………….17
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BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………….20
Acknowledgement
The success and the final outcome of the project required a lot
of guidance and assistance from many people and we are extremely fortunate to have got this all along the completion of our project work. Whatever we have done is only due to such guidance and assistance and we would never forget to thank them.
We thank our course coordinators Prof. Ravindra Gettu and
Prof. Indumathi Nambi for giving us an opportunity to do a project as early as in our first semester. This project has helped us understand a lot more about the problem and has made us realize the impact of the same.
We again thank Prof. Indumathi Nambi, also our project guide, for her timely support
Significant chemical waste is generated from the labs on campus: 1. To find out how are these chemicals disposed.
2. To suggest what is the optimum way of disposing them. 3. Identification of the risks involved.
Contents
1.
PROJECT OBJECTIVES……………………………………………1
4.
INTRODUCTION…………………………………..........................5
4.1 Waste…………………………….……………..........................5
4.2 Chemical Waste……………………………………………….6
4.3 Hazardous Chemical Wastes…………………………….7
4.4 Non-Hazardous Chemical Wastes………………........8
2.
CONTENTS……………………….………………............................2
3.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………….…………..........................3
5.
CHEMICAL WASTE DISPOSAL………………………………..9
6.
WASTE DISPOSAL IN IITM…………………………………….10
6.1 Facts about B.Tech Lab Investigation………….…..12
7.
8.
9.
OPTIMUM WAY OF DISPOSAL……………………………….13
7.1 Managing Hazardous Wastes………………………….13
7.2 Waste Minimization………………………………………..13
7.3 Storing Waste in Lab……………………………………..14
7.4 Disposal of Waste…………………………………………..14
7.5 What Happens to the Waste……………………………15
RISKS INVOLVED………………………………………………….16
7.1 Risks while storing the waste…………………………..16
7.2 Risks while disposing the waste……………………….17
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BIBLIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………….20
Acknowledgement
The success and the final outcome of the project required a lot
of guidance and assistance from many people and we are extremely fortunate to have got this all along the completion of our project work. Whatever we have done is only due to such guidance and assistance and we would never forget to thank them.
We thank our course coordinators Prof. Ravindra Gettu and
Prof. Indumathi Nambi for giving us an opportunity to do a project as early as in our first semester. This project has helped us understand a lot more about the problem and has made us realize the impact of the same.
We again thank Prof. Indumathi Nambi, also our project guide, for her timely support
Bibliography: 1. www.google.com 2. www.wisegeek.com 3. map.ais.ucla.edu/go/1002739 4. www.ehrs.upenn.edu/media_files/docs/pdf/wastesectionupdat efinal.pdf 5. www.stanford.edu/dept/EHS/prod/enviro/waste/nohaz.html 6. web.princeton.edu/sites/ehs/chemwaste/nonhaz.htm [Type text]