Systemic Approach of Hazardous and Non-hazardous Waste Management

摘要

This article is an attempt to prove that within the framework of Industrial Ecology the fundamental premises for a systemic approach of waste management can be achieved. An important issue of environmental protection process is the solid waste management, that includes responsible planning of collecting, transporting, processing and disposing of hazardous and non-hazardous waste material. A special concern focuses on systemic approach of biomedical waste management, incorporating an appropriate waste reduction and neutralization component. An attempt has been made to critically review the current biomedical waste management practices followed by the hospitals of Dolj District - Romania. In the paper the assessment of biomedical waste situation it is taken into account and the quantities of biomedical waste generated in 11 hospitals of Dolj District are presented. Also, following the rules and legislation both of Romania and of European Union, the methods for segregation, packaging, labeling and the treatment techniques for reduction in volume, neutralization and final disposal of the biomedical waste are analyzed.