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SCHEDULE: CATEGORIES OF HAZARDOUS WASTES

Rules 3(i), 3(n) and 4

Waste categories

Types of Wastes

Regulatory quantities

(1)

(2)

(3)

Waste Category No. 1

Cyanide wastes

1 kilogramme per year
calculated as cyanide.

Waste category No. 2

Metal finishing wastes

10 kilogrammes per year the
sum of the specified substance
calculated as pure metal.

Waste Category No. 3

Waste containing water soluble chemical compounds of lead, copper, Zinc, Chromium, nickel, selenium, Barium and antimony

10 kilogrammes per year the sum of the specified substance calculated as pure metal.

Waste Category No. 4

Mercury, arsenic, thallium and cadmium bearing wastes

5 kilogrammes per year the sum of the specified substance calculated as pure metal.

Waste Category No. 5

Non-halogenated hydrocarbons including solvents

200 kilogrammes per year calculated as non-halogenated hydrocarbons.

Waste Category No. 6

Halogenated hydrocarbons including solvents

50 kilogrammes per year calculated as halogenated hydrocarbons.

Waste Category No. 7

Wastes from paints, pigments glue, varnish and printing ink

250 kilogrammes per year calculated as oil or oil emulsions.

Waste Category No. 8

Wastes from dyes and dye intermediates containing inorganic chemical compounds

200 kilogrammes per year calculated as inorganic chemicals.

Waste category No. 9

Wastes from dyes and dye intermediates containing organic chemical compounds

50 kilogrammes per year calculated as organic chemicals.

Waste category No. 10

Waste oil and oil emulsions

1000 kilogrammes per year calculated as oil and oil emulsions.

Waste category No. 11

Tarry wastes from refining and tar residues from distillation or pyrolytic treatment

200 kilogrammes per year calculated as tar.

Waste category No. 12

Sludges arising from treatment of waste waters containing heavy metals, toxic organics,oils, emulsions and spent chemicals and incineration ash

Irrespective of any quantity.

Waste Category No. 13

Phenols

5 kilogrammes per year calculated as phenols.

Waste category No. 14

Asbestos

200 kilogrammes per year calculated as asbestos.

Waste Category No.15

Wastes from manufacturing of pesticides and harbicides and residues from pesticides and herbicides formulation units

5 kilogrammes per year calculated as pesticides and their intermediate products

Waste category No. 16

Acid/ alkaline/ slurry wastes

700 kilogrammes per year calculated as acids/ alkalies.

Waste category No. 17

Off-specification and discarded products

Irrespective of any quantity.

Waste category No. 18

Discarded container and container liners of hazardous and toxic chemicals and wastes

Irrespective of any quantity.

 

 

 

 

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