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Created by Mikayla Miller
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Information you need to know about Hazardous Waste:
Who?
What?
Batteries
Batteries are one of the most common types of hazardous wastes.
Chemicals
Household cleaning products are another common hazardous was that's often thrown away.
Paints
Wouldn't you guess. Paint IS yet another common household product that is hazardous waste.
Where
When?
How big is the Problem?
Why?
Global Soultuoins:
-Reuse more things
-Reduce waste and pollution
-Recylce compost
-Chemically or biologically treat waste
(EPA, 2011)
Individual Solutions:
-Dispose of waste properly
-Buy more eco-friendly products
(EPA, 2011)
Barrels of hazardous waste.
Disposing of hazardous waste.
Hazardous waste barrels.
Annenberg Foundation
Location: Washington, DC
Phone: 202.783.0500
Did you know?
- There are four main categories of hazardous waste?
- Or that there are more than 70,000 chemicals used around the world that are considered hazardous waste?
Some more facts...
- When hazardous substances are thrown away, then they become a hazardous waste.
- The first city dump was in Athens, Greece.
- Edwin Chadwick was the first person to take waste management seriously.
- Garbage piles are breeding grounds for rats.
- Recycling is not only good for the environment, it also saves money.
Works Cited
"Garbage -- Hazardous Waste." Garbage -- Hazardous Waste. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. <http://www.learner.org/interactives/garbage/hazardous.html>.
"Hazardous Substances and Hazardous Waste." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. <http://www.epa.gov/superfund/students/clas_act/haz-ed/ff_01.htm>.
"Municipal Solid Waste." EPA. Environmental Protection Agency. Web. 16 Jan. 2013. <http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/nonhaz/municipal/index.htm>.
Tilmont, Amy, Jeff Garside, and Mark Stewart. Trash Talk: What You Throw Away. North Mankato, MN: Norwood House, 2012. Print.
"Trash in Our World." Trash in Our World. Web. 18 Jan. 2013.