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It is obvious that the quantity of home waste produced is increasing year after year at an alarming rate, and government are under pressure to expand existing land fills or construct brand-new ones to accommodate the waste that is being produced.

What is Hazardous Household Waste?

Household waste is leftover from home products. Dangerous home waste are home products which contain chemicals that have the potential to affect plants, the health of humans and animals and are damaging to the environment when dealt with poorly

Incorrect management of home waste has the potential to be really damaging to the environment, individuals, and animals. What many of us may not recognize is that many of those typical home products contain destructive, toxic, or flammable chemicals that can be dangerous to the environment if not dealt with or managed effectively.

Dangerous home waste should not be disposed of in the same way as routine waste. For instance, fuel can be buried in the ground, can affect rivers, and find its way into drinking water. The hydrocarbons in motor oils or pesticides have the potential to bio-accumulate in freshwater fishes and can find its way in the food chain. Burning contaminated materials results in the release of toxic chemicals and fumes in the air. Once released into the environment, these chemicals are dispersed over large locations, thus affecting the health of individuals over a broader area.

Some of these chemicals stay in the systems of plants and animals for a long period of time and may enter the food chain when the affected plants and animals are consumed.

Bioaccumulation of dangerous compounds in the systems of plants, animals, and humans has the potential to affect their reproductive lives, development, hinder the function of various organs such as the liver and kidneys, affect the functioning of the central nervous systems and body immune systems of human and animals and some have been listed as known carcinogens.

How Can You Tell a Product is Hazardous?

Check out the labels of products. In Bader and other parts of the country, labels are required for all products. These should provide information on the constituents of the products, including signs and words, to indicate the risk to animals, humans, and the environment if mishandled.

How To Tell If Products Are Hazardous?

Always check out the label of products in your home and make it a habit of reading the labels of a product before deciding to purchase them.

What Can You Do to Handle Contaminated Materials?

Purchase Eco-friendly Products – Experts agree that the very best way to control waste is to not produce it in the first place. You can start by avoiding the purchase of products which contain chemicals that are hazardous to humans, animals, and the environment. Purchase those products that are naturally degradable or friendly to the environment.

Safe Product Storage – Ensure that dangerous products are kept in a safe place, that their containers are not harmed, do not have any leaks to minimize the threat of polluting water sources, land, humans, animals, plants, and the environment. Ensure that destructive products like acids are stored in separate locations from other dangerous products.

Check products regularly to ensure that there are no leaks and broken covers or bulging sides.

Always store products in their initial containers to avoid unintentional use.

Ensure that these products are stored in a place where children and animals have no access to them.

Disposal of Products – Disposal of products should constantly be the last option. Why? Due to the fact that there are no safe methods of disposing of contaminated materials. You can avoid the predicament of contaminated materials disposal by either picking naturally degradable products, recycling the product, giving the excess products to friends, neighbors, or family or purchasing smaller volumes of the product.

If, nevertheless, disposal is inescapable, then you should get rid of the waste in the way recommended on the label.

Although there are laws to regulate the handling and use of large amounts of contaminated materials, the existence of laws to regulate the normal small quantities produced at the home is non-existent. For this reason, the duty for the management of contaminated materials falls squarely on the shoulders of the contaminated materials generators.

Protection of the environment can only occur when you contribute in finding creative ways to re-use, recycle, or minimize waste. This is vital if we are to safeguard the environment and health of future generations. Bear In Mind That Waste Management is Your Business, My Business, Our Business.

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