Question No. 1 What is a hazardous waste? What are the responsibilities of a hazardous waste generator? Question No. 2 What are the sources of hazardous waste? List at least three commercial or...

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Question No. 1
a. What is a hazardous waste?
Hazardous waste may be defined as; “Waste which is risky or potentially detrimental to
our health and/or the surroundings.” It can belong to all of the categories of matter means; solid,
liquid, and gas (Shusterman et al., 1991).
b. What are the responsibilities of a hazardous waste generator?
Proper disposal of waste stuff is highly desirable for the purpose of prevention of injuries
and minimization of ecological threats. Thus; a hazardous waste generator must perform
following responsibilities for optimum accumulation and organization of waste substances: (i)
labeling of dangerous materials, (ii) storage of risky stuff under ideal conditions, (iii)
transportation of waste to a pick- up site, and (iv) scheduling of cleanouts etc (Upton et al.,
1989).
Question No. 2
a. What are the sources of hazardous waste?
Discarded commercial products for instance, chemicals applied by auto garages, dry
cleaners, photo- developers, printers, scientific labs etc and by-products of industrialized
procedures all can be kept in the category of hazardous waste.
b. List at least three commercial or residential products that contain hazardous chemicals,
and then list those chemicals.
Following are the examples of commercial or residential products that contain hazardous
chemicals:
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