Hazardous Waste
The following list includes categories often applied
to Household Hazardous Waste (HHW). It is important to
note that many of these categories overlap and that many
household wastes can fall into multiple categories:
- Paints and solvents
- Automotive wastes (used motor oil, antifreeze,
etc.)
- Pesticides (insecticides, herbicides,
fungicides, etc.)
- Mercury-containing wastes (thermometers,
switches, fluorescent lighting, etc)
- Electronics (computers, televisions, cell
phones)
- Aerosols / Propane cylinders
- Caustics / Cleaning agents
- Refrigerant-containing appliances
- Some specialty Batteries (e.g. lithium, nickel
cadmium, or button cell batteries)
- Ammunition
- Radioactive waste (some home smoke detectors are
classified as radioactive waste because they contain
very small amounts of a radioactive isotope of
americium (see: Disposing of Smoke Detectors)
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