You may apply to the EPA for an environmental approval for the handling, production, receipt, storage, reuse, recycling, reprocessing, salvage, incineration, treatment, disposal or use for energy recovery of controlled waste and the disposal of general waste.
It is the responsibility of waste producers, agents acting on the behalf of waste producers and receiving facility operators to accurately classify their wastes for appropriate management options. Note that a 'producer' may not be the original generator of the waste. The term includes anyone who has possession of waste and wishes to consign it for disposal, treatment, recycling, etc.
Controlled waste is the most hazardous category of waste and requires special management. It includes chemicals, poisons, fish waste and sewage. General waste is less hazardous.
