solid waste management procedure edc vcm

EMS/OPER/2/002Revision:3

P a g e | 1 Date Prepared: Jun 12, 2012Date Revised: Feb 26, 2013

Procedure for

Solid Waste Management

EDC/VCM Plant

Prepared By: _________________________

(Operation Engineer)

Reviewed By: _________________________

(Unit Manager Operation)

Approved By: _________________________

(OPERATIONS MANAGER)

Date: Feb 26, 2013

Procedure for Solid Waste Management Objective



1. Objective

The objective of this procedure is to identify, manage and disposed off solid waste generated during the plant operations in an environmentally safe and corrective manner.

2. Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of Operations Unit Manager / Section Head to ensure compliance with this procedure.

SIC’s have responsibilities for day-to-day administration of solid waste generated during plant operations & ensure that waste should be disposed off at designated place. Day assistant engineer is responsible to collect and transfer all solid waste at designated place in scrap yard.

SIC’s also responsible to make sure all personnel are aware of the waste disposal procedures.

Shift Supervisor is responsible to ensure the Drums are available in area at designated places with specified tags.

Every shift area engineer is also responsible for follow the waste disposal procedure

3. CHEMICAL WASTE DRUM

1. Chemical Waste

Following are the different type of solid waste (coke and chemical waste) generated at the

plant during the operation and shutdown.

a. Quench filters coke

b. Reboilers coke

c. Pumps filters/strainer material

d. Oxy reactor catalyst waste drums

e. GF-601 Cartridges waste

f. Drain Channel Sludge

g. Empty Chemical Drums



h. Empty Catalyst Drums

i. Empty Kerosene Drums

j. Empty caustic Soda bags

k. Empty Glycol Drums

l. VCM Filters Cartridges

m. Trash Generated

2. Color Coding, Capacity And Tagging:

Specified tagging will be carried out on Drums as per Utilization

- Capacity 210 Kg Drums

- Tag/Location For each location, Individual tag will be marked as below

1-Quench Filters coke A-300 near Furnace A, east side.

2- Reboiler’s Coke Near HCl/VCl Reboiler

3- VCM Filter Sludge A-600 roadside near Deluge Room.

4- Pumps/Strainer Material A-200 Pre-heater, near existing trash drums

5- Drain Channel Sludge

PROCEDURE

1. These drums will be placed at wooden plank at designated location with marking.

2. Only specific material to be collected in designated drums.

CAUTION

Coke



DRUM SHOULD BE COVERED ALL THE TIMES WITH LID TO AVOID ATMOSPHERE O2CONTACT WITH HAZARDOUS MATERIAL

3. SIC/SE will inform to Warehouse person for removal of hazardous waste drum from the area.

4. Warehouse person with fork lifter will come in the area under operation supervision and remove the drums from their designated locations and place all drums at road side south east corner of HE tank dyke.

NOTE

FORK LIFTER WILL COME IN THE AREA UNDER OPERATIONS SUPERVISION

5. AE will accompany warehouse person with fork lifter in area till all drums are collected at above location.

6. Checklist for hazardous waste disposal record will be filled mentioning waste type, no of drums and approximate quantity and will be signed off by shift supervisor and warehouse person.

7. Warehouse person will remove these drums to designated location at waste disposal yard Warehouse person will provide replacement empty drums for above location.

8. If drum is not filled up to 70% to 80%, it will be removed in next cycle.

9. Other then specified day, if requirement arises, same protocol will be followed.

TRASH DRUMS MANAGEMENT

All miscellaneous waste is collected in the trash drums placed at plant at different location at plant premises.

Caution

Don’t Dump Hazardous waste in Trash Drums

Trash drums will be emptied out in WPP bags (available with warehouse) by USL’s under AE supervision.

Trash drums waste after collecting in WPP bags is dumped out in Scrap yard at designated location on every Wednesday or as per requirement by USL under the supervision of AAE / Ware house staff.



Checklist for Non hazardous Solid waste Disposal will be filled and signed off by shift supervision and warehouse person.

NOTE

BOTH CHECKLISTS WILL BE SUBMITTED TO OPERATION UM BY RESPECTIVE SHIFTSIC.

Following are the different types of solid wastes generated at the plant during operations and the approx quantity.

EDC/VCM Plant Waste

Type Plastic WasteGenerating Frequency per

Month

Eliminox Plastic Cans (20kgs) 06 CansNalco 73204 Plastic Drum (235 Kgs) 02 CansNalco 8506 Plastic Cans (20 Kgs) 06 Cans

Type PP Waste

Caustic Soda Bags PP bags (25kg) 372 bags VCM Filters Cartridges

Type Metallic Waste

Oxy Catalyst Drums Metallic drums (200 kg) 2 drumsKerosene Drums Metallic drums (200 kg) 4 drumsNalco Chemical for AS-401 Metallic drums (200 kg) 2 drums / year

Nalco Chemical for AS-402 Metallic drums (200 kg) 2 drums / year

Glycol for MS-211 Metallic drums (200 kg) 2 drums / year

Chemical Waste

Type CokeGenerating Frequency per

MonthQuench Filters Coke

Reboilers Coke



Type SludgeGenerating Frequency per

Month

VCM filters Sludge

Drain Channel Sludge

Type Miscellaneous waste

Trash Drums 10 drums

Hazardous Waste Disposal Check list EDC/VCM Plant



Non Hazardous Waste Disposal Check list EDC/VCM Plant

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