Recovery and treatment of hazardous waste. Modern management of hazardous waste in Poland

The organization of comprehensive hazardous waste management makes the number of facilities at which the hazardous waste is treated decrease. The desired result of such measure is the limitation of number of potential sources of environmental contamination and greater economic effects (than in case of individual enterprises). One cannot also omit the fact that the comprehensive hazardous waste management has a positive impact on the choice of optimal technology of disposal of hazardous waste and this in turn is related with enabling the introduction of modern technologies, full application of technological operations, increase in work efficiency, obtaining lower operating costs and ensuring the environment protection at a proper level. In case of waste disposal, residues coming from that process can be utilized economically. Economic and ecological considerations require minimizing the consumption of primary raw materials from nature and use of any waste arising at different stages of cargo turnover and material trading to the border of economic profitability.

In the article legal acts regulating the management of hazardous waste have been analyzed. Methods of recovery and treatment of hazardous waste applied in the Malopolska province have been discussed. Economic and technological criteria for the selection of technology of hazardous waste disposal have been analyzed.