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Environmental Assessment of Recycling

What is Environmental Assessment of recycling?

What is Environmental Assessment of recycling?
Definition

Waste recycling approval system to evaluate or eliminate harmful effects cased by recycling of the relevant wastes on human health or environment by examining and predicting such effects and the adequacy of recycling technology

Application

 Recycling type contacted with environmental media directly

② New waste recycling method

Type

 Contact with environmental medium recycling method

Waste or mixed waste with soil, etc contacting with environmental medium such as soil, underground water and surface water(ex : cover soil, fill materials, road substratum materials)

 Non-contact with environmental medium recycling method

Recycling method other than the contact with environmental medium recycling method (ex : production of ornaments from waste shell, production of bricks from waste pottery, etc)

Environmental assesment of recycling Flow

Approval Grant Approval Enterpreneur Apply permission Loal Gov.
Authority Apply approval (applicants, Obtain Permission (NIER) business entity)
Request environmental assesment of recycling/ Provide the outcome of environmental assesment of recycling
Korea Environment Corporation

Non-contact with environmental medium

Review the document→ Field Survey(sampling, recycling process)→Environmental assesment of recycling (① hazardous characteristics of waste ②Survey and Analysis based on the assessment standards)→ Preparation of final report

Contact with environment medium

Review the document→ Field Survey(Characteristics of the waste recycling site)→Environmental assesment of recycling
(① hazardous characteristics of waste ②Survey and Analysis based on the assessment standards ③leaching test
④modeling evaluation, one-site applicability test)→ Preparation of final report

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