Disposal operation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008205",
  "term": "Disposal operation",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Disposal Operation",
  "definition": "Activities which do not lead to the possibility of resource recovery, recycling, reclamation, direct re-use or alternate uses, which include: D1 Release or Deposit into or onto land, other than by any of operations D2 through D5 or D12; D2 Land treatment, such as biodegradation of liquids or sludges in soils. (3) D3 Deep injection, such as injection into wells, salt domes or naturally occurring repositories. (4) D4 Surface impoundment, such as placing of liquids or sludges into pits, ponds or lagoons. (5) D5 Specially engineered landfill, such as placement into lined discrete cells which are capped and isolated from one another and the environment. (6) D6 Release into a water body other than a sea or ocean, and other than by operation D4. (7) D7 Release into a sea or ocean, including sea-bed insertion, other than by operation D4. (8) D8 Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in operations D1 through D12, which results in final compounds or mixtures which are discarded by means of any of operations D1 through D12.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 262.81 (CFR 2022)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/disposal-operation/"
}