Household Hazardous Waste

1. Household
Hazardous Waste
Collections

2. What is Household Hazardous
Waste?
 Toxic
 Flammable
 Corrosive
 Poison
Read the Label!

3. Why Have a Collection?
 Households average 80 Pounds.
 Waste Collection Services & Movers
won’t take.
 Too old to use.
 Banned for use.
 Meets Community Expectation
 The right thing to do - environmentally,
socially, economically.

4. More Reasons for a Collection
 Pesticide runoff is a great threat to water
quality.
 >1.3 million Americans exposed to
household chemicals were referred to
poison control in 1999
 825,000 of these Americans were under age 6
 Educate the participant!
 Makes up 1-2% of MSW (3.5 million
tons/year)

5. Community Ownership
 Instuitionalize the program!
 Create Ownership
 Feel-good program
Elected officials, Community leaders, Health
Depts., Educators, Safety Officials,
“Get the word out!”

6. Let’s get started!
Planning committees find stakeholders:
 Firefighters,
 Watershed Groups,
 local chapters of environmental groups,
businesses,
 Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC)
Piggyback onto existing programs:
Chemical Awareness Week,
Poison Control Week,
Pollution Prevention Week

7. Educate!!!
 Promote the right thing
to do!
 Offer suggestions to
avoid creating the
waste.
 Offer safer alternatives

8. What NOT to Collect
 Explosives
 Radioactive materials
 Medical or infectious materials
 Friable asbestos
 Motor oil
 Latex paint

9. Options
 Bulk
 Materials exchange
 Piggyback programs
 thermometer exchange
 compost bin sale
 community wide clean up days.

10. Be ready for everything
 Motor oil
 Pharmaceuticals
 Latex paint
 Car Batteries
 Asbestos
 Soil Amendments
 Safety Plan!
Provide disposal information
on anything brought to your collection.

11. Why a Safety Plan?
 To provide documentation.
 Identify procedures.
 It is a proactive step for safety.
 Saves time and money.
 MIOSHA requires hazard
communication.

12. Employer Responsibilities
 General Duty - Safe Work Place
 Be Familiar with Applicable Standards
and Provide Copies Upon Request
 Inspect Workplace to Assess Hazards
 Minimize & Reduce Hazards

13. Employer Responsibilities
(cont.)
 Ensure employees have and use safe
tools, PPE, and other necessary
equipment
 Provide medical exams where required
 Provide Necessary Training
 Report Fatalities & Hospitalizations of 3
or more employees

14. How to collect
 One–Day
 Permanent facility
 Clean Sweep

15. Appointments
VERSUS
Open Collections

16. Scheduled Appointments
Pros
 Proper preparation
 # of Volunteers
 Amount of materials
 Screens for businesses
and residents
 Control costs
Cons
 TIME!
 Staff

17. Open Collections
Pros
 Little to no staff time
to coordinate
residents
 Typically shorter
time periods for
collection events
Cons
 Potential for long
waits at peak times
 Unknown quantities
and types of
materials coming in

18. User Fees or FREE?
FREE
 Could lead to TOO many people
 Ask for optional donations
User Fees
 Helps to cover costs
 Could reduce
participation

19. Site Management
 Space to be large enough to handle traffic
flow, impervious surface.
 Check for adjacent properties, they may have
special events. (School events)
 Traffic pattern
 Site Layout, size, signage, screening areas,
clearly identify workers, break area, trash
containers, recycling boxes.
 Contractor should…………………….

20. Why contract?
 HHW is not regulated until it is packed
 When HHW is shipped, it is regulated
(CFR Titles 40 (Protection of
Environment) & 49 (Transportation)
 Contractors are required to have trained
personnel; they are tightly regulated by
OSHA.

21. Safety Considerations
 Materials on site during collection.
 Procedures you or your contractor need
to identify.

22. Personal Protection
 Tyvek suits, too hot? bibs
 Nitrile Gloves
 Safety Glasses
 Over boots
No Sandals or Contacts

24. Response
 Spill Kits
 BBP
 Fire suppression
 Talk to emergency response
 Provide map (facility layout) for local
responders

27. Measurements
 Amount of participants
 Pounds collected
 Survey participants for 2 reasons
1. Keep them in their car
2. Determine effectiveness

28. This Children's Environmental Health
presentation was made possible
through a grant from
The Dow Chemical Company
Foundation

29. Other presentations include:
 Body Art
 Careers in Environmental Health
 Food Safe Issues
 Household Hazardous Waste
 Meth and Teens
 Recreational Water
 Sun Wise
Contact NEHA.org for more information

30. Credits
• Charles Lichon, R.S., M.P.H., Creator of Children’s EH
Program, Midland County Health Department (CHD) Michigan
• Nancy Atwood, Midland CHD (MI) Sanitarian
• Christine Rogers, Meth Response Coordinator, Kalamazoo
CHD, MI
• Robert Wolfe, Midland CHD (MI) Sanitarian
• John Demerjian and Linda Van Orden, Wayne CHD, MI, Body
Art
• National Environmental Health Association (NEHA.org) for
website storage and oversight.
NOTE: Permission to use this and all Children’s EH Power Point
presentations is granted thru NEHA, however, all grant and credit notices
and informational slides must be used during each presentation.

31. For more Information
about this presentation,
contact:
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