Thursday, January 2, 2014

Information On Handling Off Spec Chemicals

By Marcia Marks


Many manufacturing businesses produce off spec chemicals as a result of their activities. Off-specification products range from simple cleaning products to complex and costly intermediates used in pharmaceutical and chemical synthesis. These are simply a surplus in the company that probably arose because a certain product is no longer needed in the business, contaminated, or does not meet certain specifications. Regardless of the reason, these products should be disposed in the right way.

Despite the fact that these goods may be of no use to an individual, someone else may be very much in need of them. It is for this reason that people should find out from others if they could be in need. Some people have used such products like used oil to treat stagnant water ponds to hinder insect like mosquito from breeding therein.

It is also very important to contact the manufacturer especially when dealing with expired chemicals. In some cases they could be willing to take them back for use as raw materials or even carry out a reclaiming process. This is normally done by introducing the missing ingredient to enable it to be used for the previous reasons.

There are other options of disposal like burning the item to use it as fuel. Whenever one opts for this method to discard such commodities, uttermost caution must be exercised as some of them could be highly inflammable that can result to accidents causing injury to people or damage to property. Adequate studies should also be conducted to ensure the safety of fumes or smoke that may result from such fires. If they can cause adverse effect or are found to be pollutants to the environment then the method should be avoided.

With the knowledge of the adverse effects of such products to the environment and other people, it then requires that anyone generating or possessing them to carry out an evaluation process. The reason for this is to be able to categorize the chemicals according to the specific rule. It is through this process that such items will be classified as dangerous substance or not.

The process also allows the involved parties to tell whether the substance in question is able to be reclaimed or is regarded as not useful in anymore. With this information, therefore appropriate ways of disposal should be derived. Some of these substances could cause equal risks while washed down the drain just as it would when thrown in the rubbish pit.

Anybody dealing in such chemicals is subject to the necessary permission to handle such substances. This is a move to regulate the trade and ensure that only responsible people are allowed to carry out such activities. They should be willing to follow the stipulated rules for handling of the items with regard to transportation and disposal.

Handlers of off spec chemicals are obliged to adhere to very high safety standards. This is because their chemicals are capable of impacting negatively on other people. They are required to keep well maintained clear and detailed records and even manifest their cargo while on transit. An individual is allowed a specific capacity to handle that he must not exceed without authority.




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