Waste Management

Intrinsik has evaluated the impacts of waste management activities including: the handling, transportation, storage, treatment, accidental release, and disposal of waste, on both existing and proposed facilities. Evaluations of waste management activities have involved use of the following core Intrinsik areas of expertise:

• Human health risk assessment (HHRA)
• Ecological risk assessment (ERA)
• Toxicology
• Exposure modelling
• Public consultation and risk communication
• Community health assessment

Intrinsik has conducted assessments on a diverse array of waste management facility types, including:

• Incinerators (municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, biosolids, medical waste)
• Gasifiers, including plasma arc facilities
• Landfill sites (municipal solid waste, hazardous waste, non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste)
• Transfer stations
• Materials recycling facilities (MRFs)
• Composting facilities

Our staff have experience conducting waste management assessments in numerous provincial jurisdictions across Canada, as well as federally, related to existing and proposed facilities in support of regulatory approval, on-going emissions assessments, and accidental releases.

For more information on how Intrinsik can assist you with evaluating potential health risk arising from a waste management facility, please contact: