Amalgam waste definition

Amalgam waste means and includes non-contact amalgam (amalgam scrap that has not been in contact with the patient); contact amalgam (including, but not limited to, extracted teeth containing amalgam); amalgam sludge captured by chairside traps, vacuum pump filters, screens, and other amalgam trapping devices; used amalgam capsules; and leaking or unusable amalgam capsules.
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Amalgam waste means and includes non-contact Dental Amalgam (Dental Amalgam scrap that has not been in contact with the patient); contact Dental Amalgam (including, but not limited to, extracted teeth containing amalgam); Dental Amalgam sludge captured by chairside traps, vacuum pump filters, screens, and other Dental Amalgam trapping devices; and used, leaking or unusable capsules containing Dental Amalgam.
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Amalgam waste means any waste containing mercury or residues from the preparation, use or removal of amalgam. This includes, but is not limited to, any mercury waste generated or collected by chair-side traps, screens, filters, vacuum systems filters, amalgam separators, elemental mercury, amalgam capsules and autoclaves or other equipment that come in contact with mercury.
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More Definitions of Amalgam waste

Amalgam waste means to include any waste containing mercury or residues from the preparation of amalgam. This includes, but is not limited to, any waste generated or collected by chair-side traps, screens, filters, vacuum system filters, amalgam separators, elemental mercury, and amalgam capsules.
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Amalgam waste means any waste containing mercury or residues from the preparation, use or removal of amalgam. This includes, but is not limited to, any waste generated or collected by chair-side traps, screens, filters, vacuum systems filters, amalgam separators, elemental mercury, and amalgam capsules.
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Amalgam waste means and includes:
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Related to Amalgam waste

  • Organic Waste means wastes comprising material originated from living organisms and their metabolic waste products, including food, green material, landscape and pruning waste, clean unpainted/untreated wood (with no nails, wire, etc.), paper products, and printing and writing paper, but excluding textiles and carpets, manure, biosolids, digestate, sludges, non-compostable paper, Construction & Demolition Debris, and Hazardous Waste. No material shall be considered Organic Waste unless it has been segregated by the customer for separate collection.

  • Mixed waste means a waste that contains both RCRA hazardous waste and source, special nuclear, or byproduct material subject to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.

  • Liquid waste means any waste material that is determined to contain "free liquids" as defined by Method 9095 (Paint Filter Liquids Test), as described in "Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods" (EPA Pub. No. SW-846).

  • Wood waste means untreated wood and untreated wood products, including tree stumps (whole or chipped), trees, tree limbs (whole or chipped), bark, sawdust, chips, scraps, slabs, millings, and shavings.

  • Food Waste means waste food that is household waste or, as the case may be, commercial waste, and shall have the same meaning as that applying to Regulation 7 of the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 (SI 508 of 2009) or, as the case may be, to Regulation 6 of the European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-Waste) Regulations 2015 (SI 430 of 2015);