According to the revised version of Waste Control Act to enter into force in 2017, Wastes could only be recycled assuming that the use of recycled wastes is safe for the environment and human health by environmental safety assessment. Even before this revision of the law, inorganic sludges could have been recycled as alternative materials for filler and cover materials by mixing with soil. However, in case of inorganic sludge from car-washing facilities, the revised law provides that the waste has to be landfilled. To assess the possibility of recycling this waste, we investigate the characteristics of the generation and concentration level of hazardous substances and evaluate the safety of recycling this material to assess whether this process meets the environmental standards. We obtained a total of eight sludge samples from car-wash shops, such as those in gas stations, car-repair shops and car-wash facilities. According to the results of leaching tests, most of the samples(8) fell under the detection limit and thus could be legally treated as general waste. However, in the results of contents some heavy metals, such as hexavalent chromium, lead, copper and zinc, exceeded the standards for soil contamination. We can conclude that the recycling of inorganic sludge from car-wash facilities could cause pollution in soil media when recycled and should not be recycled for filler and cover materials.

최근 해상교통 안전성 평가의 주요 기법으로 부각되고 있는 “환경 스트레스 모델”을 구성하는 두 요소 중, 본선 주변의 지형적인 제약에 기인하는 조선 환경 스트레스 모델의 개념과 특성에 대해 살펴보고, 이러한 기법을 항만이나 항로의 설계시 그 안전성 평가에 어떻게 활용할 수 있는가에 대하여 고찰해 보았다. 본 모델을, 가상적인 몇 가지 경우에 적용함으로써 그 개념과 특성을 보다 명확하게 고찰하고자 하였으며, 또한 부산항, 광양항 등 우리나라 주요 항만의 실제 접근 항로에 적용하여 보았다. 본 기법은, 항만이나 항로의 설계 및 그 안전성 평가에 큰 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.