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Test
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Reason Compliant
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Test
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1.The waste must go through a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process including sorting
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Qualifies as a:
- Physical process - absorbs and immobilises
- Biological process – Oil Sponge Absorbent contains hydrocarbons reducing microbes that rapidly degrade sorbed hydrocarbon into simpler compounds and eventually, carbon dioxide, water & benign in organics
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2. The Characteristics of the waste must change to reduce its hazardous nature
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- Produces negligible leach ate
- Will not release under compaction
- Reduces flammable vapours
- Degrades the contaminant
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3. The process must facilitate the waste handling or recovery
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- Encapsulates and immobilises the hydrogen
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Under current guidelines, Oil Sponge Absorbent meets all the objectives of the E.U. Landfill Directive and meets the requirements of the ‘Three Point Test’
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Treatment / Absorbent
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Test 1 - Process Type
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Test 2 - Reduce Hazardous Nature
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Test 3 - Facilitate Handling or Recovery
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Meets Directive Requirements
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Reason Unacceptable
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Oil Sponge Absorbent
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Physical & Biological
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None
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Sawdust Based Products
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Physical
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Article 5(4) Characteristic not changed
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Calcined Clay, Bentonite Clay
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Physical
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Article 5(4) Characteristic not changed
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Sand
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Physical
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Article 5(4)
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The term pre – treatment simply means to either:-
- Reduce its volume
- Reduce its hazardous nature
- Facilitate its handling
- Enhance its recovery
Click here to view your waste – your responsibility, by the Environment Agency, the Factsheet for general business.
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