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It is obvious that the quantity of household waste produced is increasing year after year at a worrying rate, and government are under pressure to expand existing garbage dumps or build 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 humans and animals and are detrimental to the environment when managed poorly

Improper management of household waste has the potential to be very detrimental to the environment, individuals, and animals. What many of us might not realize is that many of those typical household products contain destructive, toxic, or flammable chemicals that can be harmful to the environment if not dealt with or managed properly.

Harmful household waste should not be gotten rid of in the same way as routine waste. For example, fuel 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 hazardous waste leads to the release of toxic chemicals and fumes in the air. When released into the environment, these chemicals are dispersed over large areas, thereby affecting the health of individuals over a broader area.

A few of these chemicals remain in the systems of plants and animals for a long time and might get in the food chain when the impacted plants and animals are consumed.

Bioaccumulation of harmful substances in the systems of plants, animals, and humans has the potential to impact their reproductive lives, development, hinder the function of different organs such as the liver and kidneys, impact 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 Von Ormy 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 show the hazard to animals, humans, and the environment if mishandled.

How To Tell If Products Are Hazardous?

Always check out 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 Handle Contaminated Materials?

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 that contain chemicals that are harmful to humans, animals, and the environment. Purchase those products that are biodegradable or friendly to the environment.

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

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

Always store products in their initial containers to prevent unintended usage.

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 constantly be the last option. Why? Since there are no safe ways of getting rid of hazardous waste. You can prevent the predicament of hazardous waste disposal by either picking biodegradable products, recycling the product, giving the excess products to friends, neighbors, or family or buying smaller volumes of the product.

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

Although there are laws to manage the handling and use of large amounts of hazardous waste, the existence of laws to manage the common small quantities created at the household is non-existent. For this reason, the responsibility for the management of hazardous waste falls directly on the shoulders of the hazardous waste generators.

Protection of the environment can only take place when you play a role in finding innovative ways to re-use, recycle, or lower 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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