1.0 Purpose

To ensure effective management of waste, movement, storage and disposal of waste produced by HSC & to minimize harm to human health and to ensure minimum impact on environment.

2.0 Scope

The procedure is applicable to HSC sites to fulfil the general and also the legislative requirement.

3.0 Responsibilities

3.1 Unit Head

Ensures the waste management is controlled and implemented in accordance with this procedure

3.2 HSE Representative

Obtaining and reviewing information for each waste stream relating to the relevant legislative requirements and confirming validity with the relevant authorities

Ensuring that waste control documentation is completed and retained as per procedural/ legislative requirements.

Planning, conducting and reporting of waste audits.

3.3 Stores Executive

Control of the waste storage area

Responsible for making appropriate arrangements and assessing the waste for classification

Responsible for auctioning the wastes and preparation of comparative statement and disposal

Ensuring that waste carriers and disposal sites are suitably licensed for waste to be disposed.

3.4 Operational Managers / Maintenance Managers

Responsible for segregation of waste at source.

4.0 Description

4.1 Wastes have been categorized as:

Bio-degradable waste

Non-Biodegradable waste

Contaminated waste

Hazardous Waste

Industrial

Biomedical

4.2 Generation and collection

All types of wastes are to be put into designated bins after generation. Those are to be disposed to identified bins for further handling.

Biodegradable waste like paper, cotton waste, wood will be kept in green bins which will be transferred to identified area in Scrap Yard for further disposal.

Non-Biodegradable waste include plastic, polythene, rubber, concrete debris, fire bricks, glass and welding slugs are to be kept at blue bins and to be disposed to identified place at Scrap Yard for further disposal.

Welding slugs are to be collected and used for land filling

Oil Contaminated wastes are to be collected in one red bin which will be transferred to identified area in Scrap Yard for further disposal.

Industrial hazardous wastes in liquid form (used lubricant and used coolant oils) are to be collected in empty oil drums & to be kept under shed and lock and key and the floor must be made of concrete with non-permeable membrane below ground. The content must be labeled.

Biomedical wastes are to be sent to Medical Centre for disposing by deep burial method.

4.3 Disposal

Biodegradable waste includes paper waste, wood waste, cotton waste, and cardboard packets--- can be used for landfill or sold to vendor through auction.

Non-Biodegradable wastes include plastic, polythene, rubber, concrete debris; glass cannot be used for landfill. Those are to be sold through auction for recycling.

Contaminated waste includes oil / grease impregnated cotton waste. It cannot be used for landfilling and incineration through an authorized supplier.

Metallic Waste include off-cuts of steel tubes, plates and turning and borings of tubes and bars, and also nonferrous metallic scrap like aluminum, copper and bronze coming out of maintenance. These wastes are to be sold through auction.

Old machinery list which is approved are disposed off through open auction.

Hazardous waste include empty paint containers, paint sludge, empty dye penetrant cans, used lubricants, used cutting oil, used transformer oil ,ETP sludge & asbestos waste , generated out of shop floor roof sheets and rain water pipes of roof sheds. These are to be disposed through approved recyclers or approved disposers of Central/ State Pollution Control Board. The vendors must be able to provide all legal documents prescribed in legal register.

5.0 Records:

Hazardous waste generation, storage & disposal authorization.

Manifest of disposed hazardous waste.

Annual return to Environment Control Department (or HSE Deparment) by 30th June each year.