hazardous characteristics
1hazardous wastes — Automotive wastes that are on the EPA s list of hazardous materials or that have one or more hazardous characteristics …
2Hazardous waste in the United States — Under United States environmental policy, a hazardous waste is a waste (usually a solid waste) that has the potential to:*cause, or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or incapacitating… …
3hazardous — Exposed to or involving danger; perilous; risky; involving risk of loss. Caminetti v. Guaranty Union Life Ins. Co., 52 Cal.App.2d 330, 126 P.2d 159, 162, 163. The terms hazardous , extra hazardous , specially hazardous , and not hazardous are… …
4hazardous — Exposed to or involving danger; perilous; risky; involving risk of loss. Caminetti v. Guaranty Union Life Ins. Co., 52 Cal.App.2d 330, 126 P.2d 159, 162, 163. The terms hazardous , extra hazardous , specially hazardous , and not hazardous are… …
5Mixed waste (radioactive/hazardous) — See also: Hazardous waste in the United States According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, mixed waste (MW) is a waste type defined as follows; MW contains both hazardous waste (as defined by RCRA and its amendments) and… …
6Household Hazardous Waste — (HHW) is the term for common household chemicals and substances for which the owner no longer has a use. Exhibiting many of the same dangerous characteristics as fully regulated hazardous waste, HHW is not regulated by the EPA. Due to its… …
7Potentially hazardous asteroid — A Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) is a Near Earth asteroid with a size and an orbit such that it has the potential to make close approaches to the Earth and therefore pose a collison threat.An asteroid is considered a PHA [cite journal… …
8Basel Convention — The Basel Convention (verbose: Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and… …
9Solidification / Stabilization (S/S) with Cement — Solidification/Stabilization(S/S) with Cement with cement, also known as Remediation of Contaminated Sites with Cement, is a common method for the safe treatment, management and reuse of contaminated waste. Developed in the 1950s, the technology… …
10environmental works — ▪ civil engineering Introduction infrastructure that provides cities and towns with water supply, waste disposal, and pollution control services. They include extensive networks of reservoirs, pipelines, treatment systems, pumping stations …
