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Effects of Hazardous Wastes
Hazardous Wastes are solid, liquid, or gas wastes that can cause death, illness, or injury to people or destruction of the environment if improperly treated, stored, transported, or discarded. Substances are considered hazardous wastes if they are ignitable, corrosive, reactive, or toxic. Mixtures, residues, or materials containing hazardous wastes are also considered hazardous wastes. Many [...]
Recycle Anything…yes Anything!
Crushing down plastic soda bottles, crushing aluminum cans, putting your empty bottles in a can; taking all of this down to the recycle store, this is what people call RECYCLING. But, there’s more to it. Nowadays recycling has become reincarnation for these used products; you can turn medicine bottles into life jackets and old running [...]
Electronics Recycling
Society’s technological advancements have grown significantly over the years. Electronics devices such as telephones, cell phones, radios, CD and DVD players, televisions, and computers are products that are used in every household. These items are just a few of the many electronic devices that can cause serious environmental damage due to their toxic components. Electronics [...]
Recycling Electronic Waste
Here’s a Jeopardy question for you… What weighs 200 million tons? The answer: the amount of electronic waste that goes into our landfills every year. Computers, monitors, cell phones, DVD players, copy machines, TV sets… you get the picture.
Most, if not all of this electronic waste, contains hazardous chemicals like mercury, lead and chromium that [...]
Medical Waste Recycling Begins at Home
Cutting waste is key to protecting the environment.
In the case of medical waste, recycling is all the more important–for the health of waste collectors and for the planet.
One concern for users of injectable medications is the proper disposal of syringes. The best option