Disposing of hazardous items without exercising due caution can be dangerous to both people and the environment. Proper disposal prevents chemicals from entering into the sewage system and polluting the soil, water and air that everyone relies on for life. Some examples of hazardous items are cleaning products, air fresheners, disinfectants, laundry starch, polishes, paint […]
A common problem that gardeners and homeowners have with treated wood is how to dispose of it properly. Burning might be the easy option, but because treated wood is laden with toxic chemicals, it is actually quite dangerous to do. In fact, it is illegal to burn treated wood (although many people do it anyway). […]
Every single thing that you throw away, including food leftovers, ends up in your garbage bin, so it is not unusual that the foul mixture of things you put in there causes it to reek and make your home stink like a dump. Trash smells, but you can reduce the odour from waste bins by […]
It can be a pain dealing with animals and pests that raid, knock over, or rummage through your trash, leaving an unsightly mess every day. If these creatures find a constant source of nourishment in your trash, they may even make a new home in your shed, basement, or garage, leading to even more problems. […]
Clean fill waste refers to any material that does not go through chemical, physical, or biological transformations that may cause adverse health or environmental effects once placed in a clean fill. Since clean fill material, which includes virgin natural materials, such as soil, clay, and rock, and other inert materials, such as brick and concrete, […]
Construction sites are places where new structures are born and sometimes old ones are torn down or revamped. Whatever it is your construction company has been hired to do, you’re inevitably going to have waste in the building and/or tearing down processes. But you can manage your construction site waste more efficiently for the safety […]
Medical waste may be very hazardous if it’s not disposed of in the right way. Universal precautions are used in all instances of medical waste disposal. Blood and blood products are always considered potentially infectious and are treated as such. The health hazard concern regarding medical waste began in the 1980s when medical objects like […]
Not only does improper garbage disposal turn the environment into a nasty, polluted cesspool but it also has the potential of making us seriously sick. Types of waste There are four types of waste classifications and getting rid of any of them improperly can have dire consequences. They are: Solid – less than 70 per […]
Trashing your trash the wrong way will have more of a negative environmental impact than you probably realize. In fact, if we all haphazardly threw away garbage without a thought, it would be an environmental disaster! What would happen? So many areas of the ecosystem would simply die eventually and so would life as we […]
