Managing Asbestos Waste Using Technological Alternatives to Approved Deep Burial Landfill Methods: An Australian Perspective

Georgia Frangioudakis Khatib (), Ian Hollins and Justine Ross
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Georgia Frangioudakis Khatib: Australian Government Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
Ian Hollins: Australian Government Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia
Justine Ross: Australian Government Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency, Surry Hills, NSW 2010, Australia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: Given Australia’s significant and aged asbestos legacy, the long-term sustainability of effective and accessible asbestos waste management is a national priority of Australia’s Asbestos National Strategic Plan. The current policy for managing hazardous asbestos waste is via deep burial in landfill. Technological alternatives to approved deep burial landfill methods exist and could be considered innovative and sustainable additional options for managing asbestos waste, where these are proven viable, and where appropriate policy and regulatory changes are implemented. We present a summary of alternative asbestos waste management technologies and discuss issues influencing their potential application in the Australian context. Increasing the options for asbestos waste management in Australia may additionally facilitate the safe, planned removal of asbestos-containing materials (ACMs) from the built environment. Altogether, this will reduce the potential for exposure to asbestos fibres and work towards eliminating asbestos-related disease in Australia, therefore contributing towards achieving the overarching aim of Australia’s Asbestos National Strategic Plan.

Keywords: asbestos; asbestos-containing materials (ACMs); asbestos waste; waste management; waste technology; landfill; circular economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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