Classification of Waste Disposal Facilities for Development of a System of Environmental Requirements Thereto

Abstract

We give a classification of waste disposal facilities (except for municipal solid waste) with the aim of subsequent development of the requirements thereto at the stage of their engineering, construction, operation, decommissioning, conservation and destruction. We defined belonging of a facility to a type of economic activity (production), use of a facility, properties of wastes located at a facility, method of waste allocation at a facility, design features of a facility, and location of a facility as main classification criteria, which shall be considered while developing requirements to waste disposal facilities. We showed the role of each classification criterion during consideration of a waste disposal facility as a source of a negative impact on the environment.