Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector

Status:

Published

Code:

CWW

This BREF concerns the chemical industry and covers the following issues:

• environmental management systems;
• water saving;
• waste water management, collection, and treatment;
• waste management;
• treatment of waste water sludge with the exception of incineration;
• waste gas management, collection, and treatment;
• flaring;
• diffuse emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to air;
• odour emissions;
• noise emissions.