Treatment alternatives for dioxin wastes

Journal Article · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986 · J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5693535

Freeman, H M; Olexsey, R A

The 1984 Amendments to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), called the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments, (HSWA) direct the EPA to determine if dioxin bearing wastes should be prohibited from landfills. This determination is to be made by November 1986. Barring a determination by the Agency that the land disposal of dioxin wastes does not represent a threat to the environment, or that appropriate alternative treatment technology is not available, a land disposal prohibition would go into effect at that time. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the state of the art for several treatment processes for dioxin wastes that have been proposed to be used instead of land disposal for disposing of solid and liquid wastes containing dioxins. 35 references, 5 figures, 5 tables.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH
• OSTI ID: 5693535
• Journal Information: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc.; (United States) Vol. 36:1; ISSN JPCAA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DIOXIN
GROUND DISPOSAL
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOLID WASTES
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE DISPOSAL ACTS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES