Household Hazardous Waste
Household hazardous waste (HHW) are derived from household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. Such materials require special care when being discarded. Examples of these products include lamps, paints, cleaners, oils, batteries, and pesticides.
Classes:
- Appliance Bounty Programs: Overview
- Conducting a Waste Characterization Study: Overview
- Household Battery Disposal: Overview
- Household Hazardous Waste: Mercury-Containing Lamps
- Household Hazardous Waste: Overview
- Materials Management: Environmental Challenges
- Materials Management: Sustainability Strategies
- Materials Management: Traditional Approaches
- Next Generation Curbside Recycling: Overview
- Used Oil Recycling
- Waste Diversion Studies: Overview

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Household Hazardous Waste: Overview
Defines household hazardous waste & provides overview of HHW collection programs
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Household Battery Disposal: Overview
Describes end-of-life management strategies for various battery types

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Household Hazardous Waste: Mercury-Containing Lamps
Weighs environmental impacts of energy efficient lamps that…


