HAZARDOUS+WASTE!

Americans generate over 1.6 millions TONS of hazardous waste each year!

This is a list of hazardous household products that are hazardous to the environment. Do you own any of these? You should dspose them correctly by--- How do you dispose hazardous waste?
 * Household maintenance items (paint, thinner, etc.): 36.6%
 * Household batteries: 18.6%
 * Cosmetics (includes nail polish and removers): 12.1%
 * Cleaners (includes polishes and oven cleaners): 11.5%
 * Automotive items (mostly motor oil): 10.5%
 * Yard items (includes pesticides, pet supplies, fertilizer): 4.1%
 * Hobby/other (pool chemicals, art supplies): 3.4%
 * Pharmaceuticals: 3.2%

The most common type of disposal is incineration even though it does leave ashes after the incineration. These ashes are as toxic as regular hazardous waste.

pH means acidity, by changing the pH the hazxardous waste is not hazardous anymore.

In 2002 The US government decided to dump America's hazardous waste in the Yucca Mountains.

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