H Hazardous waste infrastructure typology The Australian Government will maintain a database of hazardous waste infrastructure and its capacity for use in assessing the adequacy of national infrastructure. Infrastructure will be classified into groups for assessing capacities based on the typology illustrated below (see explanation in Item 22). Hazardous waste Management management type Hazardous waste infrastructure group Description code Recycling Hazardous waste packaging facility Facilities that recycle industrial packing that contains residual hazardous wastes. R14 Containers are typically refurbished and reused or materials are recycled. E-waste facility Major e-waste physical/chemical and manual disassembly processing facilities. R4 Facilities receive inorganic hazardous wastes, such as copper, cobalt, and lead. Facilities that re-refine (recycle) waste oil. (Facilities that only dewater and filter Oil re-refining facility R9 waste oil should be considered primarily facilities’) ‘transfer Lead facility Facilities that recycle lead. Typically, the lead is from used lead acid batteries. R4 Mercury facility Facilities that recycle mercury. Used fluorescent light fittings are usually a key R4 waste. Solvents/paints/organic chemicals facility Facilities that recycle paints, resins, inks, organic sludges and/or organic solvents, R2, R3 but not for energy recovery. Organics processing facility Facilities that recycle a range of low hazard organic wastes such as grease trap R16 waste, cooking oil, animal effluents, etc. through composting or similar Spent potlining facility Facilities that recycle spent potlining waste from the aluminium industry. R5 Energy recovery Energy recovery Facilities that recover or use solvents, paints or hazardous wastes with calorific R1 value for energy recovery on-site or elsewhere (e.g. a cement facility). Treatment Chemical physical treatment (CPT) plant Sophisticated facilities developed with significant capital to apply chemical and D13, D14, R6, physical treatments to a broad range of wastes. Often licensed to receive almost all T1 NEPM 15 waste codes. Processes can include many chemical treatments (e.g. oxidation, reduction, precipitation, neutralisation, etc.) and physical treatments (e.g. sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, immobilisation, etc.) Clinical waste treatment facility Facilities that treat clinical waste typically using an autoclave. T2
H Hazardous waste infrastructure typology The Australian Government will maintain a database of hazardous waste infrastructure and its capacity for use in assessing the adequacy of national infrastructure. Infrastructure will be classified into groups for assessing capacities based on the typology illustrated below (see explanation in Item 22). Hazardous waste management type Hazardous waste infrastructure group Description Management code Recycling Hazardous waste packaging facility Facilities that recycle industrial packing that contains residual hazardous wastes. Containers are typically refurbished and reused or materials are recycled. R14 E-waste facility Major e-waste physical/chemical and manual disassembly processing facilities. Facilities receive inorganic hazardous wastes, such as copper, cobalt, and lead. R4 Oil re-refining facility Facilities that re-refine (recycle) waste oil. (Facilities that only dewater and filter waste oil should be considered primarily ‘transfer facilities’) R9 Lead facility Facilities that recycle lead. Typically, the lead is from used lead acid batteries. R4 Mercury facility Facilities that recycle mercury. Used fluorescent light fittings are usually a key waste. R4 Solvents/paints/organic chemicals facility Facilities that recycle paints, resins, inks, organic sludges and/or organic solvents, but not for energy recovery. R2, R3 Organics processing facility Facilities that recycle a range of low hazard organic wastes such as grease trap waste, cooking oil, animal effluents, etc. through composting or similar R16 Spent potlining facility Facilities that recycle spent potlining waste from the aluminium industry. R5 Energy recovery Energy recovery Facilities that recover or use solvents, paints or hazardous wastes with calorific value for energy recovery on-site or elsewhere (e.g. a cement facility). R1 Treatment Chemical physical treatment (CPT) plant Sophisticated facilities developed with significant capital to apply chemical and physical treatments to a broad range of wastes. Often licensed to receive almost all NEPM 15 waste codes. Processes can include many chemical treatments (e.g. oxidation, reduction, precipitation, neutralisation, etc.) and physical treatments (e.g. sedimentation, filtration, adsorption, immobilisation, etc.) D13, D14, R6, T1 Clinical waste treatment facility Facilities that treat clinical waste typically using an autoclave. T2
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