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Descriptor English: Hazardous Waste Characteristics
Descriptor Spanish: Características de Residuos Peligrosos
Descriptor características de los residuos peligrosos
Entry term(s) residuos incompatibles
Descriptor Portuguese: Características de Resíduos Perigosos
Descriptor French: Caractéristiques des Déchets Dangereux
Entry term(s): Incompatible Waste
Tree number(s): SP4.895.141.801.275
Scope note: Flammability, corrosivity, reactivity, among others are features that give hazardous waste risks to public health and the environment, requiring special treatment and disposal. (https://bit.ly/3dt7Gri)
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
DeCS ID: 31954
Unique ID: DDCS031954
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Hazardous Waste Characteristics - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060339
Scope note Flammability, corrosivity, reactivity, among others are features that give hazardous waste risks to public health and the environment, requiring special treatment and disposal. (https://bit.ly/3dt7Gri)
Preferred term Hazardous Waste Characteristics
Incompatible Waste - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI FD00060823
Scope note Residue which reacts producing heat or pressure, fire, evaporation or particles, gases or vapors on contact with another residue. (Free translation from the original: Material IV - Glosario de Protección Civil, OPS, 1992)
Preferred term Incompatible Waste



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