Hazardous waste

Hazardous waste

*** waste that has substantial or potential threats to public health or the environment

Examples

1. These materials are considered hazardous waste by most countries around the world.

2. And that factory produces hazardous waste that's the byproduct of manufacturing.

3. A hazardous waste site that the government is in charge of cleaning up.

4. In nearby Sulphur, Louisiana, named for the sulfur mines down below, a landfill is accepting hazardous waste from as far away as Hawaii.