Term:
Hazardous waste treatment
Definition:
The two categories of treatment of hazardous waste are:
(a) physical hazardous waste treatment: an approach including phase separation, such as through lagooning, filtration or centrifugation, and solidification into hard material allowing for landfill disposal;
(b) thermal hazardous waste treatment: high—temperature oxidation of wastes that converts them into gases and solid residues
Domain:
Environment
Source:
OECD Glossary