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  • Environmental Science
  • Risk Assessment
  • Waste Management

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  • Effective hazardous waste management relies on quantitative hazard assessment.
  • Existing methods may not comprehensively cover all hazard aspects.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate a scoring approach for evaluating the multifaceted hazards of waste streams.
  • To facilitate informed decision-making in hazardous waste management practices.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a scoring system based on 15 hazard properties (HPs) from the European Commission Waste Framework Directive and Globally Harmonised System (GHS) hazard codes (H-codes).
  • Incorporated amenity and other hazards (e.g., odor, visual impact, radioactivity).
  • Assigned scores (0-3) to H-codes and other hazards, calculated scores for four hazard aspects, and determined a total hazard score for 29 waste streams.

Main Results:

  • A quantitative hazard scoring approach was successfully developed and applied to 29 hazardous wastes.
  • Wastes were ranked across a hazard spectrum, indicating their potential degree of hazard.
  • The scoring approach provides a clear method for prioritizing waste management interventions.

Conclusions:

  • The new hazard scoring approach offers a systematic way to assess and compare the risks associated with different waste streams.
  • This method aids in prioritizing management efforts for hazardous wastes.
  • The approach integrates physical, human health, environmental, and amenity hazard aspects for comprehensive evaluation.