NMC HW17 Hazard Label, Legend"Hazardous Waste New Jersey", 6 Length x 6" Height, Pressure Sensitive Vinyl, Red/Black on Yellow (Pack of 25)

This is a landfill. The world generates over a billion tons of garbage each year. That's over 3 million tons of garbage in a single day. But a large majority of it doesn't even make it to a landfill because it's chemically unstable. 400 million tons of our yearly waste is considered hazardous and is frequently burned up. The U.S. released eight hundred and eighty thousand tons of CO2 emissions in 2016 alone. In fact, a lot of the hazardous products that get sent to the incinerator like aerosol cans, paint, and bleach have barely been used. If a product is dented or sticky often a retailer can't --or won't-- sell them. They just get thrown away. And the disposal of these products can have a pretty disastrous effect on the environment So, what are we doing to prevent this needless pollution? Among household items, substances are considered hazardous if they're toxic, corrosive, reactive,