Steps to Ensure That Wastes From Factory Are Managed Correctly
To ensure that wastes being produced at a factory are managed correctly, it is necessary to control the whole waste management process and to take several important steps leading to effective waste management.
Step 1: The first step includes the monitoring of the amounts of waste produced at a factory with the necessary focus on determining what substances and objects can be discussed as waste. It is important to note that wastes are the substances and materials which were used in the production cycle until they were withdrawn from the cycle (Lemann 2008, p. 22).
Step 2: The next important step is the classification of the waste according to the type to contribute to its effective collection and further disposal or recycling. The waste produced at a factory should be classified as industrial, but it is necessary to control the process of classifying the waste into hazardous and non-hazardous to provide the necessary labels for the containers with the hazardous waste (How to develop waste management 2007, p. 3-4).
Step 3: The hazardous waste should be transported to the carefully selected and approved disposal areas because the hazardous waste containing toxic or flammable substances should be treated and controlled with references to the special guidelines and policies (Lemann 2008, p. 308).
Step 4: The next step is the control of classifying the industrial non-hazardous waste as appropriate for reusing in the factory’s processes, for recycling, and for disposal because of its specific qualities.
Step 5: It is important to control the quality and appropriateness of the containers to store the waste used for reuse and containers for transporting the non-hazardous waste to landfills for disposal.
Step 6: To guarantee the effective reuse of the waste, it is necessary to pay attention to the containers for storing the waste and to the method used for reusing the substances (Pichtel 2010, p. 83).
Step 7: Much attention should be paid to the stage of recycling the waste because it is necessary to control the appropriateness of the recycling methods for the concrete type of waste. Recycling methods are effective to minimize waste production, but the processes should be controlled by specialists. Effective waste management at the recycling stage means the prevention of possible contamination and damage (Pichtel 2010, p. 81).
Step 8: Those non-hazardous substances and objects which are chosen to be disposed of should be transported to the landfills or burned. It is the duty of the waste management specialist to determine the most effective technique to dispose of the waste because various materials and substances are characterized by different specific qualities.
Step 9: The next step is the control of the recycling and disposal strategies’ impact on the environment. This activity is determined as the separate step because it can be associated with the factory’s long-term goal to focus on the waste reduction methods and strategies to minimize the negative effect of the waste management procedures on the environment (Lemann 2008, p. 12).
Three Impediments to Establishing Effective Recycling Scheme
Three impediments are the lack of developed markets and systems; high costs of recycling technologies; and the lack of awareness related to expected benefits for business and environment (Hester & Harrison 2002, p. 39). These impediments can be overcome with improving the financing of the sector at the governmental level.
Reference List
Hester, R & Harrison, R 2002, Environmental and health impact of solid waste management activities, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK.
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Lemann, M 2008, Waste management, Peter Lang, USA.
Pichtel, J 2010, Waste management practices: municipal, hazardous, and industrial. CRC Press, USA.