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Hazardous Waste: under the Waste Management Act of 1985 as amended, 
hazardous waste must not be collected together with household refuse 
and bulk waste; there are separate plants for the disposal of 
hazardous waste, controlled landfill is permitted on sites assigned 
for this purpose by the authorities. Hazardous waste include: oils and 
varnishes (paints), wood treated with chemicals (e.g. railway 
sleepers), acids, materials containing heavy metals, chemicals, 
batteries, mercury thermometers, pesticides, drugs and toxic sludge. 
Since 1980 the  Entsorgungsbetriebe Simmering have been managing 
hazardous waste from eastern Austria; in 1994 these plants incinerated 
80,000 tons of hazardous waste and 180,000 tons of sludge from 
Vienna.


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