Study on the impact of the soil and shallow groundwater quality by a hazardous waste incinerator in Shanghai

Abstract

Hazardous wastes are often corrosive, toxic, reactive or infective, the feasible treatments for which include landfill, incineration, solidification, and chemical methods. In this research, an environmental investigation of a hazardous waste incinerator (operated by A Co. Ltd.) in Shanghai has been made into the soil and shallow groundwater quality inside and outside the factory, which uses incineration technology. The results are analysed and the conclusions reached are that the incineration technology in A Co. Ltd. has had no effect yet on the soil in and near the factory, and on the surrounding agricultural soil. However, the shallow groundwater below the production warehouse No.2 has been contaminated by Cd, Cu, and Ni which originate from the disposal process.