Waste emplacement designed to ensure isolation of waste from the biosphere, with no intention of retrieval for the foreseeable future.
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into the environment (land, surface water, ground water, and air).
A range of processes associated with implementing appraisal decisions. These include the retention, deletion or destruction of records in or from record-keeping systems. They may also include the migration or transmission of records between record-keeping systems, and the transfer of custody and ownership.
Management of solid waste through landfilling, incineration, or other means at permitted solid waste facilities.
Defined as emplacement of waste in a manner designed to isolate it from the biosphere, with no intention of retrieval for the foreseeable future, and that requires deliberate action to regain access to the waste. Disposal should be employed only as a last resort.
(1) The actions taken regarding temporary records after their retention periods expire and consisting usually of destruction or occasionally of donation. See also DESTRUCTION, DISPOSING OF, DISPOSITION (1), DONATION (1), FINAL DISPOSITION, TEMPORARY RECORDS.(2) Also, when so specified, the actions taken regarding nonrecord materials when no longer needed, especially their destruction. See also DISPOSITION (2).
Final stage in the management of waste stream.
Method of final disposition that does not provide any beneficial use. Disposal includes landfilling and incineration. Sludge-only lagoons where sludge remains for more than two years are also defined as disposal by regulation.
Any action that changes the circumstances of a record or removes a record from its usual setting. Disposal can include destruction, damage, alteration, or transfer of custody or ownership of records. The National Archives of Australia authorises disposal of Commonwealth records for the purposes of the Archives Act 1983. Also called disposition, usually in the North American context. See also Disposal authority.
refers to the process of throwing away unwanted materials. These materials are placed in a landfill or combusted rather than recycled, reused, or composted.
the final handling of solid waste, following collection, processing, or incineration. Disposal most often means placement of wastes in a dump or a landfill.
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of any hazardous waste into or on any land or water so that such hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any waters, including ground water. SWM Rule 1200-1-11-.01(2)(a) or 40 CFR § 270.2
Range of processes associated with implementing records retention, destruction or transfer decisions which are documented in disposition authorities or other instruments.(AS ISO 15489.1 - 2002, 3 Terms and definitions, 3.9 - disposition, p.3)
In this context, the management of waste involving its destruction or burial, as in landfilling or incineration.
the destruction of records when they have ceased to have any operational or historical value to the organisation that created them. A range of processes associated with implementing appraisal decisions (e.g. to retain, delete or destroy records – but may also include the transmission or migration of records between systems and the transfer of custody/ownership of records).
The final placement of solid wastes on, or in, the land.
Any waste that is disposed at Board-permitted nonhazardous landfills, most waste-to-energy conversion plants, or is exported from the state.
The incineration, deposition, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking or placing of solid waste into or on the land or water in a manner that the solid waste or a constituent of the solid waste enters the environment, is emitted into the air or is discharged into the waters.
The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or hazardous waste into the air, water, ground, or groundwater.
The final placement of toxic or other wastes. Disposal may be accomplished through the use of approved secure landfills, surface impoundment, land farming, deep well injection, ocean dumping.
Decision about the final fate of records, either destruction or permanent preservation.
The collection, storage, and subsequent destruction of all syringes and needles to avoid any accidents.
For diversion purposes, disposal is all waste created by all businesses and residents which is disposed at Board-permitted landfills, at transformation facilities, or is exported from the State. The Board tracks tons of waste disposed by each jurisdiction using its disposal reporting system. Also, please see Public Resources Code section 40192.
Getting rid of hazardous waste in a way that prevents it from polluting the environment.
The emplacement of waste in an approved, specified facility without the intention of retrieval.
When disposing of spent lamps, always consult federal, state, local and/or provincial hazardous waste disposal rules and regulations to ensure proper disposal.
the removal of materiel from a supply system by sale, trade-in or destruction. Within the federal government, disposal is normally arranged through the PWGSC Crown Assets Distribution Directorate/Centre.
Permanent isolation of transuranic waste from the accessible environment with no intent of recovery; occurs when the WIPP repository is backfilled and sealed.
The process of destroying obsolete records. By law, public records cannot be destroyed without approval of the State Records Committee.
The term disposal has two meanings: The final decision concerning the fate of records. Disposal includes: keeping all or part of a record; destroying, deleting or migrating a record of part of a record; and abandoning, transferring, donating or selling a record or part of a record. A program of activities to facilitate the orderly transfer of records from current office space into alternative or archival storage.
In relation to radioactive waste, dispersal or emplacement in any medium without the intention of retrieval.
Final placement or destruction of toxic, radioactive, or other wastes; surplus or banned pesticides or other chemicals; polluted soils; and drums containing hazardous materials from removal actions or accidental releases. Disposal may be accomplished through use of approved secure landfills, surface impoundments, land farming, deep-well injection, ocean dumping, or incineration.