Hazardous Waste Recycling (Updated October 2012) Hazardous waste
is any substance going for disposal, which can be harmful to
people, plants, animals or the environment. A waste is defined
as hazardous waste if it shows one or more of the following
characteristics: toxicity, flammability, corrosivity or
reactivity. When these substances are going for disposal they
are called wastes. However, many can be managed as a resource
for further beneficial use and then we call them hazardous
recyclables. Hazardous recyclables include substances such as
used oil and lead acid batteries. What does the indicator show?
This indicator shows the annual rate of hazardous waste
recycling in Alberta from 1991 to 2011. Note that single
projects involving large quantities of waste for disposal can
influence these numbers. For example, a large project in 1995
affected the percentage for that year. When a large chemical
manufacturing plant went out of service in 2000 and 2001, it
affected the numbers for those years. Hazardous Was