Information On How To Handle Off Spec Chemicals

By Marcia Marks


Many manufacturing businesses produce off spec chemicals as a result of their activities. Off-specification products range from simple cleaning products to complex and costly intermediates used in pharmaceutical and chemical synthesis. These are simply a surplus in the company that probably arose because a certain product is no longer needed in the business, contaminated, or does not meet certain specifications. Regardless of the reason, these products should be disposed in the right way.

Despite the fact that these goods may be of no use to an individual, someone else may be very much in need of them. It is for this reason that people should find out from others if they could be in need. Some people have used such products like used oil to treat stagnant water ponds to hinder insect like mosquito from breeding therein.

It is also very important to contact the manufacturer especially when dealing with expired chemicals. In some cases they could be willing to take them back for use as raw materials or even carry out a reclaiming process. This is normally done by introducing the missing ingredient to enable it to be used for the previous reasons.

Some people however prefer the burning of these items to use them as fuel. This should be done with great care, as some of them are very highly inflammable therefore can cause uncontrollable fires resulting to unimaginable losses. Sufficient investigation should be carried out to establish whether the fumes from such fires are safe to the environment or they are pollutants. If they are harmful then they are not the right material for such a way of disposal.

With the knowledge of the adverse effects of such products to the environment and other people, it then requires that anyone generating or possessing them to carry out an evaluation process. The reason for this is to be able to categorize the chemicals according to the specific rule. It is through this process that such items will be classified as dangerous substance or not.

Evaluation of chemicals also helps in determining if the chemical can be reclaimed or not. Any hazardous waste cannot be send to a solid waste landfill. They should be discarded properly and probably the best thing to do is sending them to a permitted hazardous waste treatment, storage as well as disposal facility. Here are professional who have the right training to properly handle these products.

It is a requirement for handlers of such products to possess a permit. This is mainly to ensure that each one is responsible and strictly adheres to the laid down procedures with regard to disposal. The responsibility does not only end at the site but includes even safe transportation.

The law requires off spec chemicals handlers to exercise utmost responsibility as their products may cause harm to others. They are charged to ensure that proper records are kept and even manifestations. They are in most cases allowed a capacity to handle such that if there be need to deal with more, then a report should be made to address the concern.




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