ORGANOCHLORINE WASTE MANAGEMENT

Sound environmental management includes the proper management of waste . This chapter reviews the basic rules of good management practice ill ustrated by some examples from chlorine derivatives production and giv es the main considerations governing the Best Available Techniques for organochlorine waste thermal treatment. A review of the main degradat ion pathways of organochlorines-dispersal distribution, degradation pa thways, and environmental half-lives-demonstrates a very large range o f characteristics, justifying the need for a separate study for each s ubstance. Finally, the paper examines the latest developments in organ ochlorine contaminated site remediation technology.