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It is no secret that the quantity of household waste produced is increasing every year at an alarming rate, and federal governments are under pressure to expand existing garbage dumps or develop new ones to accommodate the waste that is being produced.

What is Hazardous Household Waste?

Household waste is leftover from household products. Harmful household waste are household products which contain chemicals that have the potential to impact plants, the health of people and animals and are harmful to the environment when managed incorrectly

Inappropriate management of household waste has the potential to be very harmful to the environment, individuals, and animals. What many of us might not understand is that many of those typical household products contain corrosive, harmful, or flammable chemicals that can be dangerous to the environment if not handled or managed appropriately.

Harmful household waste should not be gotten rid of in the same way as regular waste. For example, gas can be buried in the ground, can impact 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 leads to the release of harmful chemicals and fumes in the air. When released into the environment, these chemicals are distributed over large areas, consequently affecting the health of persons over a larger area.

Some of these chemicals stay in the systems of plants and animals for a very long time and might get in the food chain when the affected plants and animals are taken in.

Bioaccumulation of dangerous substances in the systems of plants, animals, and people has the potential to impact their reproductive lives, growth, hinder the function of numerous organs such as the liver and kidneys, impact the performance of the central nerve systems and 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 Landa Park Highlands and other parts of the country, labels are required for all products. These should provide details on the constituents of the products, consisting of symbols and words, to show the danger to animals, people, and the environment if mishandled.

How To Tell If Products Are Hazardous?

Always read the label of products in your household and make it a practice of reading the labels of a product before making the decision to purchase them.

What Can You Do to Manage Hazardous Waste?

Purchase Environmentally Friendly Products – Experts concur that the 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 harmful to people, animals, and the environment. Purchase those products that are eco-friendly or friendly to the environment.

Safe Product Storage – Ensure that dangerous products are kept in a safe place, that their containers are not damaged, do not have any leaks to reduce the threat of infecting water sources, land, people, animals, plants, and the environment. Ensure that corrosive products like acids are kept in different areas from other dangerous products.

Check products frequently to ensure that there are no leaks and damaged covers or bulging sides.

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

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

Disposal of Products – Disposal of products should always be the last resort. Why? Due to the fact that there are no safe methods of getting rid of contaminated materials. You can avoid the issue of contaminated materials disposal by either choosing eco-friendly products, recycling the product, giving the excess products to friends, next-door neighbors, or family or buying smaller sized volumes of the product.

If, however, disposal is unavoidable, then you should get rid of the waste in the manner prescribed on the label.

Although there are laws to control the handling and use of large quantities of contaminated materials, the existence of laws to control the typical small quantities produced at the household is non-existent. For this reason, the obligation for the management of contaminated materials falls directly on the shoulders of the contaminated materials generators.

Protection of the environment can only take place when you contribute in finding innovative ways to re-use, recycle, or reduce waste. This is essential if we are to safeguard the environment and health of future generations. Keep In Mind That Waste Management is Your Business, My Business, Our Business.

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