4. Farrington, J and McDowell, J. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mixing Oil and Water: Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment. Oceanus Magazine, Vol. 43, No.1, November 2004. Accessed 23 April 2015 from: 5. 'Used oil' MSDS: Accessed 23 April 2015 from: Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions Waste name: NEPM code: Basel waste Basel permit Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water category:Y9 code: A4060 J120 mixtures, emulsions Low Moderate Medium High Extreme Hazard score (0 6) – 2.6 3.0 – This category describes the core waste Y8 (waste oils) in the context of mixtures with water, which may result in high water content with residual levels of oil contamination and mixtures of hydrocarbon materials and water (oily water), or mixtures of same that have formed an emulsion oil droplets dispersed (but not dissolved) in – Description of water (the continuous phase). the waste This category describes oil contents in water up to a maximum of 50% oil and typically substantially below this. Wastes include truck and vehicle washwaters, skimmer and What is it? interceptor waters, vehicle coolant waters and potentially shipping bilge water. Waste form Liquid Oil has similar properties and risks to the environment as a in water than it does as a neat material. However, oily ‘contaminant’ waters may not be as obviously tainted, which could result in Physical/ ingestion risks of oil products (for human health) and dissolved chemical oxygen impacts in the marine environment. description Oil and water emulsions cause oil to sink and disappear from the surface, giving the visual illusion that it is gone and the threat to the environment has ended. H13: Capable of Capable, by any means, after disposal, of yielding another yielding another material, e.g., leachate, Primary hazard hazard or hazardous which possesses any other hazardous material characteristics. Why is it hazardous? Substances or wastes which, if they are Secondary H11: Toxic (delayed inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the hazard or chronic) skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including carcinogenicity.
4. Farrington, J and McDowell, J. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Mixing Oil and Water: Tracking the sources and impacts of oil pollution in the marine environment. Oceanus Magazine, Vol. 43, No.1, November 2004. Accessed 23 April 2015 from: 5. 'Used oil' MSDS: Accessed 23 April 2015 from: Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions Waste name: Waste oils/water, hydrocarbons/water mixtures, emulsions Basel waste category:Y9 Basel permit code: A4060 NEPM code: J120 What is it? Hazard score (0 – 6) Low Moderate Medium High Extreme 2.6 – 3.0 Description of the waste This category describes the core waste Y8 (waste oils) in the context of mixtures with water, which may result in high water content with residual levels of oil contamination and mixtures of hydrocarbon materials and water (oily water), or mixtures of same that have formed an emulsion – oil droplets dispersed (but not dissolved) in water (the continuous phase). This category describes oil contents in water up to a maximum of 50% oil and typically substantially below this. Wastes include truck and vehicle washwaters, skimmer and interceptor waters, vehicle coolant waters and potentially shipping bilge water. Waste form Liquid Physical/ chemical description Oil has similar properties and risks to the environment as a ‘contaminant’ in water than it does as a neat material. However, oily waters may not be as obviously tainted, which could result in ingestion risks of oil products (for human health) and dissolved oxygen impacts in the marine environment. Oil and water emulsions cause oil to sink and disappear from the surface, giving the visual illusion that it is gone and the threat to the environment has ended. Why is it hazardous? Primary hazard H13: Capable of yielding another hazard or hazardous material Capable, by any means, after disposal, of yielding another material, e.g., leachate, which possesses any other hazardous characteristics. Secondary hazard H11: Toxic (delayed or chronic) Substances or wastes which, if they are inhaled or ingested or if they penetrate the skin, may involve delayed or chronic effects, including carcinogenicity.
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