It will help you determine which of your practices are reasonably safe and effective, and which practices might require modification to better protect your drinking water. Any on-farm system of open burning, such as burning in a barrel. Dump A local landfill that is not designed to prevent leaching and offers little groundwater protection. A hazardous waste collection service offered by businesses with vehicles licensed to transport hazardous waste to licensed hazardous waste facilities. A special program in which a community collects waste for disposal in a specially constructed hazardous waste landfill or incinerator.
Household quantities Less than five gallons of a household product.
A community incinerator specifically engineered to burn municipal quantities of home waste. Any home-built incinerator or any incinerator purchased for home use. Meets current state standards. Any method of burning, dumping or land spreading of wastes on the farm. Also includes use of the septic system for disposal.