Land disposal facilities also include facilities that manage wastes in surface impoundment units, waste pile units and miscellaneous units. As discussed previously, a RCRA permit is required for the management of hazardous waste. Facilities that treat waste use various processes to alter the character or composition of hazardous wastes. Some treatment processes enable waste to be recovered and resused in manufacturing settings, while other treatment processes dramatically reduce the amount of hazardous waste. Facilities that store waste temporarily hold the waste until it is treated or disposed of.
Most storage takes place in containers or tanks.
Data on facilities with thermal-treatment units are discuss below. 2500 degrees F. Incineration is designed to destroys organic constituents in waste materials. Boilers and industrial furnaces also are used to burn waste with the main objective of recovering energy or materials. These types of units include cement kilns, lime kilns, aggregate kilns, phosphate kilns, coke ovens, blast furnaces, smelting furnaces, etc. As discussed previously, a RCRA permit is required for the treatment of hazardous waste.