The assessment of dangerousness of waste. Case study: waste originating from drilling muds

Abstract

This paper continues the presentation of the case studies on waste dangerousness assessment. Due to the particularities that shows many of the waste generated in industry, in particular, each analysis represents a special case. The application of the methodology for determining the dangerousness of waste (carried out and used by our institute, still in the absence of rules for the implementation of legislation on waste management), often faces challenges regarding the estimation (with an error as low as possible) of the concentration for the potential components from the waste, necessary to establish the hazardous/non-hazardous character of the waste and, implicitly, for its correct classification in the waste list. In this respect, the case study presented is that of a waste from drilling muds.