Hazardous Waste Management Overview

Learning objectives

  • Define hazardous waste, explain the importance of managing it properly, and list the categories of hazardous waste generators.
  • List some actions industrial facilities use to manage hazardous waste, and explain how you can assist your company with its hazardous waste management efforts.
  • Describe how to handle common types of hazardous waste.
  • Describe how you, and other individuals with various roles and responsibilities, should respond to an unintended release of hazardous waste.

Course overview

This lesson is an overview of why hazardous waste management is important, how to handle hazardous waste safely, and how to respond to an unintended release


The individuals involved in the development and promotion of this course do not receive any compensation or financial benefits outside of their regular employment for their work on this course.


  • 10 minutes
  • Format: Online Interactive
  • English
Course Outline
  • Hazardous Waste Management Overview
Regulations
  • 40 CFR part 261.7
  • 40 CFR parts 260 through 265
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