Reducing And Reusing Wastesbuilds Leaner Shops

摘要

Although much of the equipment industry's environmental attention today is devoted to reducing exhaust emissions from diesel machinery, operating heavy equipment also creates some regulated solid waste. Doing the wrong thing with used oil and filters, wash-rack waste, coolant, spent solvent, tires and a host of other wastes can bring penalties of more than $32,000 per day until the mess is cleaned up.The Resource Conservation & Recovery Act (RCRA) defines wastes that are hazardous, and prescribes how generators should handle them. The Act lists many hazardous wastes specifically, and describes characteristics that make other wastes hazardous. RCRA specifies the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLIP) test that is used to determine if a waste is hazardous.