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Issues special waste permits for materials that cannot be disposed of through PEI's regular waste management system.

Special waste includes:

Asbestos-containing material
Metal-containing or hydro-carbon contaminated soils
Sharps (needles, broken glass or other sharp objects capable of causing cuts or punctures)
Burnable waste from ships and aircraft from outside the province
Oil-soaked materials
Diseased potatoes from testing laboratories
Empty ammonium nitrate fertilizer bags
Screenings from a waste treatment plant
Non-hazardous laboratory waste
Creosoted or pressure-treated material
Biomass wet with a solvent
Absorbent materials and clothing contaminated with human or animal blood, tissue or bodily fluids produced from medical or veterinary procedures in hospital, medical centres or clinic, or veterinary hospitals or clinics
Body-piercing procedures in tattoo or body-piercing establishments

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