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Posted By Seamus O Sullivan
Hi everyone
Exactly how is asbestos disposed of ? I know it is removed by the trained people etc, but exactly where does it end up? Is it buried? or burnt at an extremely high temp? This is something that I meant to ask for a while.
No I dont have asbestos that i am trying to get rid of, but am intrested in the answer.
Thanks in advance for any replies.
Seamus
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Posted By Dave Wilson
S,
It is transported as Dangerous Goods (Class 9) double bagged or wrapped in UN approved waste bags or 1000 gauge Polythene.
It is transported under a Hazardous Waste consignment note by a licensed waster carrier to a Waste facility (Landfill) who have a waste management license to accept that particular type of waste, some only take bonded and some take fibrous as well. It is put in a Stable Non-reactive Hazardous Waste Cell at the site
basically a Landfill Operative digs a hole with his JCB and the waste is put in this hole and is immediately covered with earth.
The persons putting the waste in and the Digger driver wear type 5/6 disposable coveralls and a 1/2 mask with a P3 filter.
If the vehicle transporting the waste is carrying more than 1000kg of packaged white or 330kg of packaged blue/brown then the full ADR and DG regs apply. Eg driver training for both driver and passenger, display orange rectangle, tremcards, fire extinguishers and appoint a DGSA etc.
It is recycled or disposed of in other ways in differnt parts of the world but not in the UK as yet. Basically it came from the ground so it goes back in!
Hope that helps
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Posted By steve e ashton To quote from an earlier response on this subject: Vitrification (high temperature destruction / glassification) has been used on a number of projects in the UK already - T&N site in Glasgow for one. There are other technologies. See http://apps.em.doe.gov/o.../itsrs/itsr3114final.pdf for an evaluation report on thermo-chemical destruction. My gut feel is that landfill is always going to be a problem as existing landfill cells fill up. Alternatives will become more attractive economically. I like the thermo-chemical process - it looks very promising for a way forward (uses less power than vitrification and can cope with variable feedstock materials). Steve
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Posted By Seamus O Sullivan
Thanks dave & Steve,
I was always wondering exactly what was done with it.
Seamus
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Posted By sauce
lots of it is simply dumped, where the land owner then has responsibility for its disposal.
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