Environment
Waste and Hazardous Materials Management and Safe Disposal
A programme in managing solid and hazardous waste in an organisation: classification; reduction, reuse and recycling; storage and transport; treatment and safe disposal methods; and the handling and storage of hazardous materials, within the framework of the Waste Management Law and its regulations in Saudi Arabia.
Overview
About the programme
Duration
5 days
Delivery
Training hall · Virtual · At your premises
Language
Arabic or English
Objectives
Training outcomes
- Classify municipal, industrial, construction and demolition, hazardous and medical waste, and identify hazardous properties.
- Apply the waste hierarchy and prepare a waste management plan for the organisation.
- Apply the requirements for storing hazardous materials and waste, their compatibility, labelling, transport and documentation.
- Compare treatment and disposal methods: recycling, composting, thermal treatment and incineration, physical and chemical treatment, and sanitary landfill.
- Understand the regulatory framework and the responsibilities of the waste producer, the carrier and the treatment facility operator.
Content
What the programme covers
Day 1: waste and its classification
- Environment, pollution and sustainable development, and the effects of poor waste management on health and the environment.
- Waste sources and types, and hazardous properties: ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, toxicity and infectiousness.
- The regulatory framework: the Waste Management Law and its regulations, the role of the National Center for Waste Management, and the Basel Convention on the transboundary movement of hazardous wastes.
Day 2: reduction, segregation and recycling
- The waste hierarchy: prevention, reduction, reuse, recycling, recovery and disposal.
- Segregation at source, the stages of waste generation, and volume reduction by compaction and shredding.
- The economic return from waste and recycling, and examples from the circular economy.
Day 3: hazardous materials in the facility
- The hazardous materials inventory, safety data sheets, and classification and labelling under the Globally Harmonized System.
- Compatible storage and segregation of classes, secondary containment, ventilation, and temporary storage areas for hazardous waste.
- Transport of dangerous goods and their nine classes, consignment tracking documents, and spill preparedness.
Day 4: treatment and safe disposal
- Composting and anaerobic digestion of organic waste.
- Thermal treatment: incineration and energy recovery, and the control of its emissions and ash.
- Physical and chemical treatment and stabilisation; sanitary landfill: liners, leachate collection and treatment, landfill gas and monitoring.
Day 5: the plan and assessment
- Medical waste and electronic waste and their specific requirements.
- Preparing a waste management plan for the organisation: inventory, objectives, responsibilities, contractors, records and indicators.
- Group workshop classifying real waste lists and proposing a management route for each item, followed by the assessment.
Who it is for
Target audience
Environment and safety officers in industrial, healthcare and service organisations, warehouse and waste supervisors, staff of waste collection, transport and treatment companies, and the municipal staff concerned.
Method
Delivery method
Short lectures, brainstorming and group work on classifying waste and proposing ways to reuse and recycle it, case studies of treatment facilities, and a workshop to prepare a waste management plan. The workshop can be built on the organisation’s actual waste list. Delivered in person in the hall or at the organisation’s premises, or virtually, in Arabic or English.
Questions
FAQ
Does the programme cover hazardous materials emergency response?
It covers spill preparedness and the initial handling of spills; field response to hazardous materials incidents with protective and rescue equipment is covered by the Hazardous Materials Emergency Response (HAZMAT) programme.
Can we work on our own facility’s waste?
Yes. If the organisation shares its waste list, approximate quantities and current disposal routes with the centre, the workshop is built on them and participants leave with a draft plan they can develop further.
A programme tailored to your organisation
The duration and topics of the programme are adjusted to the organisation's needs, and it is delivered at its site, in a training hall arranged by the Center, or virtually.