18-Env-B5 Industrial & Hazardous Waste Management · May 2015
Nivaar worked solution (AI-drafted; not reviewed by a licensed engineer)
Reference texts: Nemerow & Dasgupta, Industrial and Hazardous Waste Treatment, 2nd ed.; Metcalf & Eddy, Wastewater Engineering: Treatment and Resource Recovery, 5th ed.; Davis & Cornwell, Introduction to Environmental Engineering, 6th ed.; LaGrega, Buckingham & Evans, Hazardous Waste Management, 2nd ed.; CCME, Guidelines for the Management of Biomedical Waste in Canada (1992); Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), 1999; Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes (1989); provincial hazardous waste regulations (e.g. BC's Environmental Management Act and Hazardous Waste Regulation).
Question text not reproduced: the examination questions are © Engineers and Geoscientists BC. Open the official past paper (linked at the top of this page) to read the question, then follow the worked solution below.
Biomedical waste is waste generated during the diagnosis, treatment, or immunization of humans or animals, or during related biomedical research, that is (or may reasonably be believed to be) contaminated with blood, body fluids, or other potentially infectious or pathological material — for example human anatomical waste, sharps, laboratory cultures, and blood or body-fluid-soaked materials. It is distinguished from ordinary municipal solid waste by the specific infection and injury hazard it poses to handlers and the public, and in Canada its management is defined nationally by the CCME's Guidelines for the Management of Biomedical Waste in Canada (1992).
