United States
HHW is not regulated by the EPA. Many states and local solid waste management departments have created and funded Household Hazardous Waste facilities as well as one day collection events to offer safe disposal options for homeowners.
Although U.S. state and federal regulations continue to permit homeowner disposal of some household hazardous waste into the solid waste stream, state agencies are becoming more stringent in enforcing existing hazardous waste regulations at the retail level.
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—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
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Present and Past in under-song,—
Go put your creed into your deed,—
Nor speak with double tongue.”
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