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Treatment (Handling) of Hazardous Waste in Germany

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The term “hazardous waste” refers to various waste types with defined hazardous properties that are harmful to the environment and/or the human health. Hazardous waste must be handled using special techniques and processes that ensure a safe and environmentally sound handling.

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    In Germany, radioactive waste is excluded from the “hazardous waste” category as it is no waste according to the German waste directive. Germany has a special law, the Radioactive Substances Act, focusing on radioactive wastes.

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  1. Department of Waste Management and Material Flow, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

    Isabell Eickhoff, Anna-Sabina Emmerich, G. Morscheck, A. Schüch & Michael Nelles

  2. German Biomass Research Centre gGmbH (DBFZ), Leipzig, Germany

    Michael Nelles

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Correspondence to Isabell Eickhoff .

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Jadavpur University, President, International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW), Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Sadhan Kumar Ghosh

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Eickhoff, I., Emmerich, AS., Morscheck, G., Schüch, A., Nelles, M. (2019). Treatment (Handling) of Hazardous Waste in Germany. In: Ghosh, S. (eds) Waste Valorisation and Recycling. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-2784-1_12

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