Programme on Small Scale Medical Waste Incinerators for Primary Health Care Clinics in South Africa
TABLE OF CONTENTS OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME 4 STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME 4 COLLABORATORS INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMME 4 STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THE PROGRAMME 4 LABORATORY TRIALS 5 FIELD TRIALS 13 1. OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAMME The aim of this programme is to choose technical standards suitable for tender specification functions that will make it possible for the South African Department of Health to acquire the equipment and services necessary for the primary healthcare practices to perform small incineration for the disposal of medical waste. 2. STRUCTURE OF THE PROGRAMME The evaluation programme is being completed in stages, as follows: Phase 1 A scoping study to determine the obligation of the various parties and consensus on the evaluation criteria and boundaries of the lab tests. The standards for accepting an incinerator on trial has been approved by all parties involved. Phase 2 Laboratory tests…
Burnaby garbage incinerator operator sued over pollution concerns
The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District is suing Maxxam Analytics International Corp. and Covanta Burnaby Renewable Energy ULC for Supposedly failing to properly Examine fly ash samples in the district’s waste-to-energy facility in Burnaby. Non-hazardous fly ash is accepted and disposed of in the Cache Creek landfill, the claim states. Samples analyzed by Maxxam in the summer and autumn in 2012, however, came back indicating high levels of cadmium that exceeded acceptable levels permitted for disposal in the landfill. The results, the district claims,”called into question the power of the treatment of fly ash” at the center, forcing the plaintiff to incur charges by requiring greater sampling and testing, investigating the origin of the high cadmium levels and locating another disposal site for fly ash in Alberta. After the Ministry of Environment hit on the district using an advisory letter of non-compliance, the plaintiff hired”consultants, experts and legal counsel”…