impacts also have broader environmental impacts. Acute ecotoxicity High: Toxic to aquatic organisms. Chronic Extreme: May cause long-term adverse impacts in the aquatic ecotoxicity environment. Persistence Low. Bioaccumulation Low. Where are the Generation Transport Storage Treatment Recovery Final disposal risks of impacts most High Medium Medium Moderate High Low likely? The contaminated site industry in Australia, in terms of identification, testing, classifying and Has anything remediating legacy waste impacts to land, was borne out of ground pollution from organic happened solvents or, more particularly, petroleum fuel leakages from underground storage tanks. before in Thousands of contaminated sites have been registered by environmental regulators across Australia and are in various stages of identification, quantification, remediation and clean Australia? up. Industry Companies that handle organic solvents and their wastes are licensed – systematic by environmental regulators to control industrial processes and controls equipment so as to limit environmental emissions of these pollutants. Potential industrial sources of organic solvent waste have strict emissions control and chemical handling equipment and systems in Industry – place. Additionally at-risk workers wear appropriate personal What control exposure protective equipment (PPE), particularly relating to restricting measures are controls exposure to airborne sources of, and skin contact with, solvents and in place to their wastes. manage risks posed by this Regulatory levels are set by state and territory government agencies waste? for exposure of workers to a range of volatile organic substances. Government Similar controls for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exist on companies through environmental licensing regimes. Labels and containers of consumer products are required to carry Community advice on safe handling of the contents, although components are seldom identified. 1. UNEP (2002). Basel Convention. Technical Guidelines on Hazardous Waste from the Production and Use of Organic Solvents (Y6). Accessed March 21, 2015 from: workdoc/old%20docs/tech-y6.pdf References 2. Shell Trading International Ltd (2011). Naphtha (petroleum), solvent-refined light Material Safety Data Sheet. Accessed March 21, 2015 from:
impacts also have broader environmental impacts. Acute ecotoxicity High: Toxic to aquatic organisms. Chronic ecotoxicity Extreme: May cause long-term adverse impacts in the aquatic environment. Persistence Low. Bioaccumulation Low. Where are the risks of impacts most likely? Generation Transport Storage Treatment Recovery Final disposal High Medium Medium Moderate High Low Has anything happened before in Australia? The contaminated site industry in Australia, in terms of identification, testing, classifying and remediating legacy waste impacts to land, was borne out of ground pollution from organic solvents or, more particularly, petroleum fuel leakages from underground storage tanks. Thousands of contaminated sites have been registered by environmental regulators across Australia and are in various stages of identification, quantification, remediation and clean up. What control measures are in place to manage risks posed by this waste? Industry – systematic controls Companies that handle organic solvents and their wastes are licensed by environmental regulators to control industrial processes and equipment so as to limit environmental emissions of these pollutants. Industry – exposure controls Potential industrial sources of organic solvent waste have strict emissions control and chemical handling equipment and systems in place. Additionally at-risk workers wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE), particularly relating to restricting exposure to airborne sources of, and skin contact with, solvents and their wastes. Government Regulatory levels are set by state and territory government agencies for exposure of workers to a range of volatile organic substances. Similar controls for emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) exist on companies through environmental licensing regimes. Community Labels and containers of consumer products are required to carry advice on safe handling of the contents, although components are seldom identified. References 1. UNEP (2002). Basel Convention. Technical Guidelines on Hazardous Waste from the Production and Use of Organic Solvents (Y6). Accessed March 21, 2015 from: workdoc/old%20docs/tech-y6.pdf 2. Shell Trading International Ltd (2011). Naphtha (petroleum), solvent-refined light Material Safety Data Sheet. Accessed March 21, 2015 from:
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