APPENDIX
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE DISPOSAL The Household Hazardous Waste Chart provides a reference to safe, effective disposal of typical wastes used in and around our homes.
Materials are classified as follows:
- Material which can be poured down the drain with plenty of water for dilution.
If your home has a septic tank system, take additional precautions.
Certain chemical substances cannot be used with septic tanks. Products are now required to carry warnings if damage to septic systems can occur.
Read labels carefully and treat products that have been stored for several years and older, unlabeled products are materials to be taken to a hazardous waste collection center.
Warning: Never pour a succession of different household chemicals down the drain one after another. Do not use strong cleaning agents such as chlorine bleach or drain cleaners before or after hazardous waste is flushed down the drain.
Some materials cannot be poured down the drain, but can be set out for curbside trash collection for disposal in a sanitary landfill.
- Hazardous wastes and their empty containers which must be taken to a hazardous waste collection center or saved for collection on a designated community-wide, hazardous waste amnesty day.
- Materials which are recyclable.
- Materials which can be set out for curbside trash collection for disposal in a sanitary landfill.
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