Hazardous Waste Regulation — Definitions, Requirements and Fines
The regulation of hazardous waste in Georgia is defined by the Waste Management Code, and its foundation is the precise definitions of terms: what waste is, which waste is hazardous and which is not, who an operator is and what waste management means. This page assembles the definitions, the core requirements for hazardous waste, and the fines for violating registration rules.
The definitions are not a formality. Under the Code, waste is any substance or object which the holder discards, intends to discard or is obliged to discard; hazardous waste is waste possessing one or more of the characteristics provided for by the relevant annex to the Code. Hazardous character is therefore established by defined characteristics and not by assumption — which makes classification the first substantive compliance decision for any waste stream.