ртутьсодержащие отходы

English translation: mercury-containing waste

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Russian term or phrase:	ртутьсодержащие отходы
English translation:	mercury-containing waste

12:27 Jan 16, 2002

Russian to English translations [PRO]
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Russian term or phrase: ртутьсодержащие отходы

Some info on how the company deals with waste disposal. The sentence is as follows:

Вывоз и переработка ртутьсодержащих отходов производится компанией такой-то.

mercuric waste?
mercurous waste?
mercurial waste?

Is there a difference?

Julia Berman KudoZ activity Questions: 75 (2 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 106 Israel
Local time: 02:42

mercury-containing waste

Explanation:
Юля, эти отходы называются просто mercury-containing waste, т.е. именно ртуть-содержащие, и никак иначе. Вот несколько примеров:

Florida's Waste Management - Mercury - Main Page
... Mercury-Containing Waste Mercury-Containing Lamps & Devices. With the decline of mercury used in ...
www.dep.state.fl.us/waste/categories/mercury/default.htm

MANAGING MERCURY-CONTAINING
WASTE LAMPS AS UNIVERSAL WASTE A FACT SHEET FOR ARIZONA BUSINESSES AND ...
www.adeq.state.az.us/environ/waste/hazwaste/download/mercla...

Maine Mercury-Containing Waste
... Mercury. Mercury-Containing Waste. A number of products that become part of the solid waste stream ...
www.state.me.us/dep/mercury/waste.htm

Don't put mercury-containing waste in medical waste containers. Incineration
and solid-waste disposal can release mercury directly into the environment. ...
www.city.palo-alto.ca.us/cleanbay/dental.html

Mercury Pollution Prevention
... Primary voluntary goals: Virtual elimination of mercury-containing waste from hospitals' waste stream by 2005. The reduction of the overall volume of waste ...
my.premierinc.com/all/safety/resources/mercury-safety/mercury_topic_summary.htm

Таких ссылок есть еще очень много.
Успехов!

Selected response from:

Natalie
Poland
Local time: 01:42

Grading comment

Thank you Natalie. You are very helpful as usual. Thanks to everybody else I really appreciate you input!
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Summary of answers provided

5 +4

mercury-containing waste

Natalie

4 +3

mercurious waste, or mercury-containing waste products

Rostislau Golod

4 +1

mercury-rich waste

Russell Phillips

Discussion entries: 5

Answers

37 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

mercury-rich waste

Explanation:
This is closer to the original, which suggests that the waste *contains* mercury, as opposed to consisting entirely and exclusively of mercury.

The adjective for mercury appears to be "mercurial" or "mercury" (adjectival noun)

Russell Phillips
Local time: 00:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 48

3 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +3

mercurious waste, or mercury-containing waste products

Explanation:
I think it might work as well

mercury-containing waste products

Regards,

Rostislau Golod
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of:

Russian,

Belarusian
PRO pts in pair: 4

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

mercury-containing waste

Natalie
Poland
Local time: 01:42
Native speaker of: Russian
PRO pts in pair: 4308

Grading comment

Thank you Natalie. You are very helpful as usual. Thanks to everybody else I really appreciate you input!

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