EXCEPT FOR RESIDUES FROM SPECIFIC PROCESSES RECITED BY THE EPA, THE ONLY REASON FOR A HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TO BECOME A HAZARDOUS WASTE IS FOR THE GENERATOR TO DECLARE IT A WASTE. SOME WASTE MINIMIZATION ASPECTS ARE TREATED, BUT THE CONVERSION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF WASTES INTO COMBUSTIBLE GASES, AND INTO METAL ALLOYS, WITH RESIDUES WHICH CAN BE PLACED IN SANITARY LANDFILLS IS THE MAIN THESIS. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED BY BRINGING THE DRY MATERIAL INTO CONTACT WITH A CLEAN SURFACE OF MOLTEN ALUMINUM. THE REACTOR IS GAS-TIGHT AND CONVERSIONS ARE INSTANTANEOUS.
| Number of Pages : | 8 |
| Published : | 06/01/1992 |
