The Impact of the Household_Hazardous_Waste on the Environment

Household_Hazardous_Waste (HHW) is waste that is generated from residential households.

The following list includes categories often applied to HHW. It is important to note that many of these categories overlap and that manyhousehold 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.


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