Management of Hazardous Household Waste Assignment 2022

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Management of hazardous household waste
Reasons and suggestions

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Executive summary
This assignment elaborates the demonstration of management practices of household
waste in societies discussing the conventional and modern concepts of household
waste management techniques. The assignment highlights the ways and schemes
needed to be adopted for the environment protection and the safety of public health.
Moreover, the paper discusses the constituents of household waste and their
dependency on some factors. The identification of the waste has been discussed. The
focus of the paper is on the management in which the proper disposal of such wastes
has been discussed. The dangers of improper disposal, its effects on the environment
in any direct or indirect ways are discussed.
The framework represents the number of problems and issues related to management.
The health risks associated with the sanitation workers have been mentioned in detail.
The paper also discusses the 3 RC, i.e., reduce, reuse, recycle phenomenon. Donations
and other industrial ways of proper disposal have also been discussed. It also presents
the regeneration of energy from waste.

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Contents
Hazardous waste.......................................................................................................................4
Common Household Hazardous Waste....................................................................................5
Economic development............................................................................................................7
Geography and climate.............................................................................................................7
Energy sources..........................................................................................................................7
Identifying the household hazardous waste..............................................................................8
Dangers of Improper disposal.................................................................................................10
Effect of garbage dumping into the yards rivers and vacant lands..........................................11
Health risks affecting waste pickers and the environment......................................................11
Safe management of hazardous house-hold waste..................................................................14
Prevention and replacement....................................................................................................14
Minimization and careful handling of the products................................................................15
Source reduction and reuse.....................................................................................................16
Recycling and using other alternatives...................................................................................17
Disposal of hazardous household waste..................................................................................18
Incineration, destruction and waste-to-energy........................................................................19
Hazardous waste landfill.........................................................................................................19
Pyrolysis.................................................................................................................................19
Conventional ways for waste dumping...................................................................................20
Modern ways for dumping waste............................................................................................21
Energy recovery from wastes..................................................................................................23
The energy recovery processes help solve the issues by sinking the waste volumes by 70 to 90
percent and reducing green house gas emissions. (P. Jayarama Reddy.2016).........................23
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................23
References..............................................................................................................................23

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Introduction: Household Hazard Waste
Hazardous Waste
Waste is an integral part of the environmental picture. Hazardous wastes can be
characterized by the exhibition of one or more of some hazardous traits, namely, reactivity,
corrosivity and toxicity. Includes liquids, solids contained gases or sludges.
It is a special type of waste as its disposal is not possible by common means (Yao, 2017).
The treatment and solidification process depends on the physical states of the material.
Any waste produced in the home, would be considered as hazardous waste if cannot be
generated outside of the house (Morsi et al., 2017). There are certain household wastes or the
leftover household products that show characteristics that make them dangerous, for
instance, risk of explosiveness, reactivity, flammability, corrosiveness, spontaneous
combustion and toxicity (Daum et al., 2017).
Household hazardous waste includes cleaning fluids or pesticides, batteries,
herbicides, paints, automotive fluids, and numerous elements found in basements, garbage
and kitchen. Household Waste is every kind of waste, either it is a solid waste or liquid
waste. According to UNEP (united nations environment programmed), developed countries
reportedly create more than 400 million tons of waste per year (Ferronato & Torretta, 2019).
Waste management is crucial for the safe and healthy development of the world. Otherwise,
there can be an entire process of destruction.
Household waste management is pivotal because these are the most imperceptible form of
destruction (Yao, 2017). Many people do not even care about the waste they dispose of from
their homes.
Tin cans, garbage and other useless materials are considered not so harmful. In fact,
they contain many components which are not able to decompose naturally.
In the past decades, the systems for dumping waste products were more eccentric, as people

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tend to make dump holes, by digging a large area and then putting all the garbage in that
well. This method is still applicable nowadays in rural areas and in some developing
countries. Another natural alternative is the burning of waste materials (Gondo, 2019).
You have to be very careful. Most of the products are liable to produce harmful gases.
These gases can mix with the atmosphere and can produce complex pollutants which would
not dissolve easily.
The carbons that are emitted through air conditioners are also very harmful to the ozone
layer. Nowadays every single house and shop has Air conditioner, which omit harmful
ozone lyres. All these factors contribute to the formation and development of acidic
compounds in the air (Ferronato & Torretta, 2019). All these factors contribute to the
formation and development of acidic compounds in the air.
Common Household Hazardous Waste
The following items might contain toxic, corrosive and reactive material.
● Drain openers
● Oven cleaners
● W and metal cleaners and polishers
● Automotive oil and fuel additives
● Grease and rust solvents
● Carburetor and fuel injection cleaners
● Air conditioning refrigerants
● Starter fluids
 Paint thinners
 Paint strippers and removers
 Adhesives
 Herbicides

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 Insecticides
 Fungicides/wood preservatives
Source: A Survey of Household Hazardous Wastes and Related Collection Programs, Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA/530-
86-038.
Household waste may also contain water-based solvents and paints, Oil-based
solvents and paints, automotive wastes like used motor oils or antifreeze etc. Pesticides,
insecticides, fungicides, herbicides and fertilizers, Household cleaners and polishers,
Antifreeze, Octo batteries, Sharps, needles/syringes, used filters, mercury-containing wastes
such as thermometers , switches, fluorescent lighting etc., Compressed gas cylinders,
Explosives, pool and photography chemicals, household batteries, photography chemical,
tubes, small propane cylinder, fireworks and ammunition, smoke detector, radioactive waste,
refrigerant containing appliances, Ammunition or fireworks, and tires (Gondo, 2019).
Constituents of Waste
The material that makes the bulk of the waste depends on some factors. These factors
decide the composition of solid waste. Some of the main factors are discussed here. These
factors include: cultural norms of a society
 level of economic development
 geography
 climate
 energy sources
Economic Development
The economic development is the main parameter for deciding the waste constituents
in a country. Countries with low income have a high ratio of organic matter (Cruvinel, et al.,
2019). The urbanization of a country transforms it into the high-income country, and as its