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ASBG brings its well renowned NSW Waste Workshop to your desktop
This workshop set is designed to help environmental and waste professionals come up to speed on the complex area of waste classification, resource recovery, and its management. NSW environmental laws establish a complex set of legal controls on the generation, transport, re-use, recycling, treatment and disposal of wastes. There are many pitfalls and administrative processes that abound in the management of wastes in NSW. The webinar is run over 3 x 1 hour sessions and will cover the following areas:
Session 1: General Waste Classification and Laws:
- Overview of the waste laws covering:
- Waste definitions
- Waste licensing, waste transport laws,
- Illegal dumping and land pollution liabilities for generators, transporters and facilities
- Overview of the POEO (Waste) Regulation 2014 affecting generators and the waste sector
- General conditions for transporting and storing wastes
- Introduction to classification of waste under the Waste Guidelines using the 6 steps
- Classification of putrescible and non putrescible wastes for landfill disposal
Session 2: Resource Recovery Orders and Exemptions & Asbestos Waste:
- Resource Recovery Exemption (RREs) and Orders (RROs) overview
- What do they do and how you must use them?
- Testing, storing, application and other requirements
- Tips on when and how to apply for specific RRE applications
- Asbestos Waste:
- Classification –When is it asbestos waste or asbestos containing material
- New developments in asbestos waste controls
- Overview of the WasteLocate system for tracking asbestos and tyres
- Case studies and traps for poor classification, testing, assessment and destination choices
Session 3: Hazardous & Trackable Wastes:
- Classification of trackable wastes under the Waste Regulation - liquid and solid
- Liquid wastes and their definition under trackable waste
- Hazardous wastes and acid sulfate soils and their management and classification covering:
- TCLP, CT tests; when to use it and what to test for and how the test works
- What occurs if you exceed the SCC test thresholds?
- Immobilisation, its use and the new immobilisation Certifications and Approvals
- Transportation and Tracking of Trackable Wastes
- Examine the tracking system for trackable waste
- Waste tracking data and on-line waste tracking
- Interstate tracking
Facilitator: Andrew Doig CEO, ASBG
Time: Available after receiving the login and password details
Venue: Webinar: At your computer with > 5Mbs download speed. Login details via Crowdcast.io to be provided on registration.
Cost: $100 (ASBG members) or $120 (Non Members) includes notes
Note the webinar can be downloaded at any time after each live session and replayed like a Youtube video.
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