Section 3:  Hazardous Waste

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Key Terms:

• hazardous waste
• deep-well injection
  
• surface impoundment
  

Main Ideas:

• Hazardous waste is any waste that is a risk to the health of humans or other living things.
• The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and the Superfund Act were established to regulate solid and hazardous waste disposal and to protect humans and the environment from waste contamination.
  
• Activities at home can create hazardous waste.  Household hazardous wastes should be properly disposed of at designated collection sites.