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You do all the right things to ensure the hazardous materials around your house are safely stored.
You keep the bleach out of reach, you keep the pesticides under lock and key, you even go the extra mile and keep unused paint cans in the shed, but what happens when it’s time to dispose of this sort of thing?
Failure to dispose of these things can not only pose a threat to the environment, but the health and safety of your home and family.
Rubbish Please Company has a thing or two,
Typically falling into four categories, corrosive, explosive, toxic, and flammable, there are several household items with hazardous potential. There is some overlap, but things like cleaners, pesticides, varnish, automotive fluids, and even batteries fall into these categories. For guidance, you can check the container. If these hazardous threats are present, it will be listed.
As a good rule of thumb, if you keep it safe in the house, you should exercise the same caution when you dispose of the item.
Foremost, there are the potential hazards to the environment. If these items go down the drain or into the bin, toxic chemicals can seep into the groundwater, contaminate septic tanks, or impact water treatment plants.
Also, if improperly disposed of, these hazards pose a threat to sanitation workers who may be caused physical injury by means of exposure. No one wants that, so what are your options?
A great way to dispose of unwanted hazardous materials is to share. Have some leftover herbicide? Check with the gardener on the block. Need to rid yourself of some cans of paint? Ask around, someone may have a decor or art project where your paint will get a whole new lease on life. Also, making a point to only purchase what you think you will use is an easy fix. Running through too many batteries?
Buy rechargeable batteries, and if they are too far gone, recycle! For things like automotive oil, your best option is to find your local oil disposal center.
Have you exhausted all options and can’t figure out the safest way to dispose of these tricky bits of household hazardous waste? Please, ring Rubbish Please. A company of right disposal experts, they can come to you, do the job with the utmost professionalism, and go easy on the wallet while they do it. Rubbish Please adheres to the most rigorous environmental standards, and if your rubbish leaves in one of their vans, you can rest easy knowing, no matter how hazardous, it will go to the right place.
Hazardous waste? With these few steps you’ll flip the script and lay waste to those hazards!
