Division A Non-recovery operations

A non-recovery operation is an operation which is not a recovery operation even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy.

1. D20

   Deposit in an aboveground engineered landfill isolated from the environment

2. D21

   Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquids or sludge into pits, basins or tailing dams)

3. D22

   Deposit onto land other than covered by D20 and D21 (e.g. permanent aboveground storage)

4. D23

   Permanent underground storage (e.g. placement of containers in a mine)

5. D24

   Deposit into land other than covered by D23 (e.g. injection into wells, salt domes of naturally occurring repositories)

6. D25

   Treatment of land in situ (e.g. biodegradation or biological or chemical treatment)

7. D26

   Release into a water body except seas/oceans

8. D27

   Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion

9. D28

   Release to the atmosphere (e.g. venting of compressed or liquefied gases)

10. D29

    Thermal treatment other than covered by R24 in section B (e.g. incineration)

11. D30

    Non-recovery other than covered by D20 to D29

12. D31

    Biological treatment prior to submission to any of the operations in section A

13. D32

    Mixing, including blending, prior to submission to any of the operations in section A

14. D33

    Manual treatment (e.g. separation), physical/mechanical treatment other than covered by D32 (e.g. separation, size reduction, evaporation, drying, autoclaving), physical/chemical treatment (e.g. solvent extraction), chemical treatment (e.g. neutralization, chemical precipitation) or immobilization (e.g. stabilization, solidification) prior to submission to any of the operations in section A

15. D34

    Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in section A

16. D35

    Other treatment than covered by D31 to D34 prior to submission to any of the operations in section A

17. D36

    Temporary storage prior to submission to any of the operations in section A