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All liquid and solid waste containing mercury except compact fluorescent lights (reported as WEEE (HW18)), are reported here. Examples of this waste stream include COD test liquids (Chemical Oxygen Demand) and other mercury containing test liquids; mercury treated seed grain, small packages of chemicals, thermometers, etc.
All data pertaining to mercury waste that is available in the literature relates to the Guernica Chemicals (Pty) Ltd. Industrial site (previously Thor Chemicals). The Thor facility is a historic, nonoperational site with a stockpile of mercury-containing waste. Operations at the site ceased in 1998. The total amount of waste stored at this site is estimated at 2705 tonnes. Of this amount, 972 tonnes are stored in drums in warehouses and the remaining amount (1733 tonnes) is stored in a leach pad.
The data reported is national data for 2010 obtained from waste management companies.
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