Hazardous Waste

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Hazardous Waste Toxics Reduction Program
Activities
To foster sustainability, prevent pollution and
ensure safe waste management
GMAP
90s
80s
00s
July 27, 2005
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Increase Compliance and Take Action on
Significant Environmental Threats from Hazardous
Waste

• Desired Results
• Employees, the public, and the environment are
  protected from the risks associated with managing
  hazardous waste
• Businesses are safely managing hazardous waste
  and are in compliance with state hazardous waste
  laws

Number of Penalties vs. Number of Environmental
Threats

• Key Points
• Environmental Threats will continue to occur as
  long as a significant amount of hazardous waste
  is being generated.
• HWTR targets inspectors efforts through Hitting
  the High Points, to find and resolve
  Environmental Threats resulting from unsafe
  hazardous waste management.
• When Environmental Threats are not resolved
  quickly, we issue penalties (50k average)

Number of Inspections and Environmental Threats
Resolved
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Reduce the generation of hazardous waste through
technical assistance

• Desired Results
• The amount of hazardous waste generation and use
  of toxic substances is reduced
• Businesses save on pollution prevention and
  implementation costs
• Public exposure to hazardous waste and toxic
  materials is minimized
• Future costly cleanups are avoided

WA State Hazardous Waste Generation
50 Goal - 128 million

• Reported Benefits in 2003
• Toxic substance use was reduced by 7 million
  pounds
• Hazardous waste generation was reduced by 5
  million pounds
• 322,000 pounds were recycled
• 293,000 pounds were treated
• Also reported (but not required)
• Wastewater was reduced by 700 million gallons
• 5 million kilowatt hours were saved

2003 Measured Benefits of P2 Planning
3.5 Million Total Cost Savings
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Reduce the generation of hazardous waste and the
use of toxic substances through technical
assistance

• Desired Results
• The amount of hazardous waste generation and use
  of toxic substances is reduced
• Businesses save on cleanup and disposal costs
• Public exposure to hazardous waste and toxics in
  products is minimized
• Future cleanups are avoided

Yearly Mercury Reductions and Total Accumulations
from Automotive Switch Removal

• Key Points
• Additional measures needed further up the pipe
• Show success of CAPS (for example, Mercury source
  reduction)
• Show general reduction in toxics usage
• Look for link to economic development

Other Performance Measures Being Considered

• Basket of goods
• Green jobs
• Chemical body burden

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