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Establishment
of a system for the recycling of medical waste
EU directive
99/31/EC specifies that the final disposal of infectious waste
may not take place at storage facilities, and the waste must
be treated. In some instances, according to the draft directive,
infectious waste can be incinerated together with household
waste, but since Latvia does not have an incinerator, which
is appropriate for this, another solution must be found.
Therefore
heath care organisations should be included in the hazardous
waste management system, and they should be a subject to general
regulations, but taking into account their specifics.
Hazardous waste generated by hospitals and other heath
care organisations should be managed, following the scheme:
Waste from oil products
Directive
75/439/EEC specifies that state administration should provide
safe system for the collection, treatment and disposal of
oil products. There are several enterprises in Latvia, which
collect and process waste that contains oil products. When
the hazardous waste management system is established, it must
be ensured that these enterprises are supervised in accordance
with the law. If the free market does not provide such supervision,
the government should specify one or more organisations, which
would carry out the necessary functions. The same steps as
in the improvement of the entire system, should be taken,
i.e., a system for issuing permits, registering and supervising
permits should be set up so that, if needed, an authorised
institution can manage the regulatory functions.
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mineral oils are being collected by "Marta" Ltd.,
"Environmental Consultation Bureau" Ltd., non-profit organisation
"Eko- Osta", "Artava" Ltd. (car service companies, garage
companies and petrol stations), Sole Proprietorship "Miglas"
(oily waste from ships, used oils, soil polluted with
oil products). The collected oils are being burned in
the boiler-houses, "Artava" Ltd. is planning to use these
oils as a substitution for nature gases in the hazardous
waste incineration kiln in Jelgava Region. |
An issue, which must be handled under the auspices of a separate
project, is the matter of cleaning soil that has been polluted
with oil products. The necessary technical and economic research
should be done, and then a facility for the cleaning of such
environments can be established.
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