Waste classification and hazardous properties evaluation

Motivation – waste classification and hazardous properties evaluation based on environmental properties and risk assessment ensuring safe handling, regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and suitability for recycling, recovery, or reuse.

Focused on:

• Environmental characterization of waste, industrial residues, and secondary resources,
• Assessment of contaminant release, mobility, and long-term behavior under environmentally relevant conditions,
• Environmental characterization tests (up-flow percolation, batch and pH-dependent leaching, solid–liquid partitioning),
• Chemical speciation of selected elements relevant to environmental behavior and classification,
• Analysis of organic and inorganic contaminants, including potentially toxic elements, PFAS, and inorganic salts,
• Evaluation of material suitability for recycling, recovery, and reuse,
• Support for environmental assessment and regulatory practice.