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It is clear that the amount of household waste produced is increasing year after year at an alarming rate, and government are under pressure to broaden existing land fills or construct new ones to accommodate the waste that is being produced.

What is Hazardous Household Waste?

Household waste is leftover from household products. Dangerous household waste are household products which contain chemicals that have the potential to affect plants, the health of people and animals and are destructive to the environment when dealt with improperly

Incorrect management of household waste has the potential to be very destructive to the environment, people, and animals. What many of us might not realize is that many of those typical household products contain corrosive, harmful, or flammable chemicals that can be hazardous to the environment if not handled or managed properly.

Dangerous household waste should not be gotten rid of in the same way as routine waste. For instance, gasoline 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 harmful chemicals and fumes in the air. Once released into the environment, these chemicals are distributed over large locations, consequently impacting 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 enter the food chain when the affected plants and animals are taken in.

Bioaccumulation of hazardous compounds in the systems of plants, animals, and people has the potential to affect their reproductive lives, development, hinder the function of different organs such as the liver and kidneys, affect the performance 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 Miguel and other parts of the country, labels are required for all products. These should provide information on the constituents of the products, consisting of symbols and words, to indicate the risk to animals, people, and the environment if mishandled.

How To Tell If Products Are Hazardous?

Constantly read the label of products in your household and make it a habit of reading the labels of a product before deciding to buy them.

What Can You Do to Manage Contaminated Materials?

Purchase Eco-friendly Products – Experts agree that the best way to manage waste is to not produce it in the first place. You can start by avoiding the purchase of products that contain chemicals that are damaging to people, animals, and the environment. Purchase those products that are eco-friendly or friendly to the environment.

Safe Product Storage – Ensure that hazardous products are stored in a safe place, that their containers are not damaged, do not have any leaks to minimize the danger of polluting water sources, land, people, animals, plants, and the environment. Ensure that corrosive products like acids are saved in separate locations from other hazardous products.

Check products regularly to ensure that there are no leaks and damaged lids or bulging sides.

Constantly store products in their original containers to avoid unintended usage.

Ensure that these products are saved 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? Since there are no safe methods of getting rid of contaminated materials. You can avoid the issue of contaminated materials disposal by either selecting eco-friendly products, recycling the product, giving the excess products to friends, neighbors, or family or buying smaller sized volumes of the product.

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

Although there are laws to manage the handling and use of large amounts of contaminated materials, the presence of laws to manage the typical small quantities created at the household 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 innovative ways to re-use, recycle, or minimize waste. This is important if we are to secure the environment and health of future generations. Bear In Mind That Waste Management is Your Business, My Business, Our Business.

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