Whether it’s due to poor labelling, improper storage, or some other factor, it’s not always clear to customers what kind of waste they’re dealing with when looking for disposal options. When this is the case, any reputable disposal company will tell you that testing is essential. Here are some common examples of tests that are…
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The Effects of Hazardous Waste on The Environment
If you live in a developed nation, chances are companies in your country dispose of quite literally tons of hazardous waste products every day. Sadly, much of this waste is not dealt with properly, and can come back to haunt us. Anything from a wadded-up bubble gum wrapper to radioactive waste, if left unchecked, can…
How Can Chemical Substances Threaten Human Health and the Environment?
Hazardous waste materials are waste that are considered as polluting, even toxic, and which may represent a risk to human health and the environment. Toxic waste takes many forms, such as used or expired objects, substances, harmful releases to soil, air and water, various scraps of dangerous products. More specifically, they often come in forms…
The Importance of Transportation and Disposal of Waste Materials During COVID-19
With the ongoing spread of the infectious disease, the new coronavirus (covid-19), and its drastic impacts upon human health and the economy, the transportation and disposal of both hazardous and non-hazardous materials have become much more imperative for several different reasons. First and foremost, the effective management and disposal of medical waste and equipment are…
Let’s Know More About Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Waste Recycling
With everyone around the world becoming environmentally conscious, there is the thing of hazardous and non-hazardous waste that preoccupies almost everyone. According to Wikipedia, hazardous wastes are wastes that have substantial or potential threats to public health and the environment. Hazardous wastes are most of the times industrially produced, and these are responsible for the…