Hazardous waste destruction

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Hazardous waste destruction involves processes for safely handling and eliminating materials that pose serious risks to human health or the environment. These wastes include toxic chemicals, radioactive materials, medical bio-waste, and other residues that require specialized procedures to avoid contamination.

Hazardous wastes are those that, due to their chemical, physical, or biological properties, present significant risks to human health and the environment. These can be flammable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic.

Types of hazardous waste:

  • Chemical waste: Industrial chemicals, expired or used chemical products, and waste from chemical manufacturing processes, including solvents, paints, varnishes, industrial detergents, pesticides, and herbicides.
  • Pharmaceutical and medical Waste: Includes expired or unused medications, infectious waste (needles, syringes, contaminated bandages), biological products (blood, tissues), and contaminated medical equipment from hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, and labs.
  • Electronic waste (E-waste): Consists of used or defective electronic and electrical equipment such as computers, mobile phones, TVs, monitors, and small household appliances.
  • Oil and lubricant waste: Includes oils used in machinery, industrial equipment, and other mechanisms such as used motor oils, hydraulic oils, industrial lubricants, and cleaning solvents.
  • Battery and accumulator waste: Contains heavy metals and hazardous chemicals, including lead-acid batteries (car batteries), lithium-ion batteries (phones, laptops), alkaline batteries, and industrial accumulators.
  • Radioactive waste: Originates from nuclear, medical, and industrial activities and includes spent nuclear fuel, diagnostic imaging equipment (X-rays, CT scanners), and radioactive lab materials.
  • Asbestos waste: Contains asbestos, a hazardous fibrous material used in construction and other industries, including asbestos boards, insulation materials, and pipes.
  • Corrosive waste: Can cause severe damage to skin, eyes, and respiratory systems, and corrode metals. Examples include acids (sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid), bases (sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide), and industrial cleaning products.
  • Toxic waste: Dangerous to both human health and the environment, even in small amounts. Examples include heavy metals (lead, mercury, cadmium), volatile organic compounds (benzene, toluene), and toxic chemicals (PCBs, dioxins).
  • Explosive waste: Can detonate under certain conditions, including pyrotechnic materials, industrial explosives, and ammunition waste.
  • Reactive waste: Reacts violently with water or air and may release toxic gases, such as peroxides, organometallic compounds, and unstable lab reagents.

Why work with Kaputt Sekuro

With 15 years of experience in the sustainability industry, Kaputt Sekuro by Tekko offers comprehensive management of fixed assets through secure destruction, preventing unauthorized resale and safeguarding brand reputation.

As part of a group of companies dedicated to sustainability, TEKKO Logistik Industry is accredited as an authorized final waste treatment facility for hazardous waste disposal and pre-treatment for co-incineration, offering state-of-the-art facilities for:

  • Laboratory analysis and sample testing of hazardous waste
  • Granular waste sorting (mobile station with vibrating sieves and a water-washing system operating at 10 bar pressure)
  • Pressurized container piercing (spray-type containers) with a VOC recovery system
  • Shredding of solid hazardous waste
  • Underground hoppers for the decomposition, homogenization, and mixing of hazardous waste in various states (powdery, pulverized, liquid, paste-like slurries, vitrified solids, etc.)
  • ALPINE Axial Drum Excavator Mixer for treating and improving the properties of hazardous waste
  • Screening and pumping of viscous, flammable waste
  • Wastewater treatment and purification station (based on mechanical-chemical principles, with a capacity of 20 m³/h)

After receiving and sorting, the waste is processed in an authorized treatment facility, resulting in a homogeneous waste with well-defined properties, ready for co-incineration in cement factories. This process significantly reduces the environmental impact by converting hazardous waste into energy sources and preventing landfill disposal.

All facilities and technological processes adhere to the best available techniques in the waste treatment industry, offering viable solutions for all categories of hazardous and non-hazardous waste from industrial or commercial activities.

Categories of waste treated by TEKKO Logistik Industry

Our facilities are designed and authorized to handle the treatment and recovery of all categories of waste, including:

  • Cyanide waste
  • Contaminated packaging or porous materials
  • Pressurized gas containers and expired chemicals
  • Sludge from decanting/separation processes containing hazardous substances
  • Heavy metal-containing waste (including mercury)
  • Solvent- or water-based paints and varnishes
  • Lapping, finishing, or thermal treatment waste from metal surfaces
  • Solvent, adhesive, and glue waste (even solidified)
  • Waste from the pharmaceutical industry
  • Waste from chemical surface treatment and metal coating (e.g., galvanization, zinc plating, pickling, phosphating, alkaline degreasing, anode manufacturing)
  • Inorganic chemical waste
  • Chemical reagent waste
  • Waste from the treatment of bases, acids, oxides, salts, halogens, and their solutions
  • Laboratory chemical waste
  • Contaminated sand, soil, and land
  • Agrochemical waste, pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides
  • Petroleum residue waste from tanks or the extraction industry
  • Sludge from in-house or municipal wastewater treatment plants
  • Drilling mud and waste from drilling activities
  • Acid tar waste
  • Vitrified waste

Collection and transportation services

With our in-house logistics capabilities, the Tekko group of companies provides authorized waste collection and transportation services for all types of industrial, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste across Bucharest-Ilfov and all regions of Romania.

Removal of non-salable inventory from accounting records

Expenses incurred for removing degraded goods from accounting records are tax-deductible when calculating corporate income tax.

VAT adjustment for non-salable inventory

According to current legislation, services paid to a recycling company for the destruction of goods are fiscally deductible.

Integrated waste management

We offer comprehensive and specialized solutions for the collection, disposal, and destruction of expired, damaged, counterfeit, confiscated, non-compliant, or specially regulated products.

Collection of electrical and electronic equipment

We provide integrated solutions for the efficient management of household and electronic waste, ensuring specific treatment for each category.

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