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Characterization of Hazardous Waste topics include: Ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity and toxicity test.
Hazardous waste can be characterized by four characteristics: Ignitability: The ability of a material to catch fire and burn quickly. Liquid waste with a flash point of less than 140°F is considered ignitable. Some solid wastes can also be ignitable if they spontaneously combust or meet certain ignition testing criteria. Corrosivity: The ability of a material to erode, corrode, or eat away at other substances and surfaces. Corrosive waste is either very acidic or very basic and can erode plastic or metal barrels. The EPA defines corrosive waste as acids or bases with a pH less than or equal to 2, or greater than or equal to 12.5. Reactivity: The ability of a material to be explosive. Toxicity: The ability of a material to be poisonous.
The EPA also defines three categories of hazardous waste: listed, characteristic, and mixed radiological waste.
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