IS 10447 : 1983 Guidelines for utilization and disposal of solid waste from integrated steel plants

1 Scope

1.1 This standard prescribes guidelines for the present andpossible future uses of the solid wastes generated in an integratedsteel plant. Amount of generation and characteristics of thesewastes have also been given.

1.2 This standard does not cover wastes generated at mines andcollieries. It also does not include spillage at various stages ofprocessing which is recycled into the system, for example, dust atcoke ovens, sinter plant, etc, and also wastes generated in smallquantities like dust from open hearth furnaces and sludge fromwater softening plants.