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[[Category: Tonnage & Waste Types]]

[[Asbestos]] is a group of six naturally occuring minerals made up of heat resistant fibres<ref name="asb">[https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/]</ref>. Asbestos fibres do not dissolve in water or evaporate, they are resistant to heat, fire, chemical and biological degradation and are mechanically strong<ref name="gov">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology/asbestos-general-information]</ref>.

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==Introduction<ref name="asb" />==

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In this instance the asbestos must be double bagged in appropriately labelled bags which highlights its hazardous contents.

High risk asbestos must be managed, transported and disposed of only be approporiately licensed contractors.

High risk asbestos must be managed, transported and disposed of only by approporiately licensed contractors and transferred to licensed [[Hazardous Landfill|hazardous waste landfills]] or to seperate engineered cellls within a [[Landfill]] where [[Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste]] can be disposed of.

[[File:Asbestos Skip at a HWRC.jpg|left|thumb|Asbestos Skip at HWRC]]

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 [[Category: Tonnage & Waste Types]]
 [[Asbestos]] is a group of six naturally occuring minerals made up of heat resistant fibres<ref name="asb">[https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/]</ref>. Asbestos fibres do not dissolve in water or evaporate, they are resistant to heat, fire, chemical and biological degradation and are mechanically strong<ref name="gov">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/asbestos-properties-incident-management-and-toxicology/asbestos-general-information]</ref>.
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 ==Introduction<ref name="asb" />==
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 In this instance the asbestos must be double bagged in appropriately labelled bags which highlights its hazardous contents.
-High risk asbestos must be managed, transported and disposed of only be approporiately licensed contractors.
+High risk asbestos must be managed, transported and disposed of only by approporiately licensed contractors and transferred to licensed [[Hazardous Landfill|hazardous waste landfills]] or to seperate engineered cellls within a [[Landfill]] where [[Stabilised Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste]] can be disposed of.
 [[File:Asbestos Skip at a HWRC.jpg|left|thumb|Asbestos Skip at HWRC]]
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+[[File:Asbestos bag.jpg|none|thumb|Asbestos Bag  all rights reserved flexipol]]
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