Many communities have begun to sponsor Household Hazardous Waste collection days. These efforts have helped reduce the amount of hazardous waste in many areas while heightening public awareness of the problem. Successful collection efforts in many cities have helped officials protect their community's wastewater treatment plants and groundwater from hazardous waste contamination. Many communities were able to collect large quantities of hazardous materials on the strength of a one or two day effort. If your community has a program for disposal of hazardous wastes, please support it.
Clean water is for everyone.
Learn about your community's landfill system and special programs for the disposal of hazardous wastes. Contact your area's hazardous waste agency. They can provide information on companies which are licensed to handle hazardous wastes along with possible funding sources for such efforts. What the Future Holds Billions of dollars have been spent to clean up our lakes and streams. Many millions more have been spent to build and maintain adequate sanitary landfills.