(Publishing House of Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2016) Ishchenko, Vitalii; Petruk, Roman; Kozak, Yana
The article analyzes hazardous household
waste, including detergents, paints, adhesives, expired
medicines, luminescent lamps, pesticides, fertilizers,
batteries and accumulators, electrical and electronic
waste, mercury-containing materials. Research shows
that they contain a large quantity of dangerous and toxic
substances (compounds of heavy metals, chlorinated
polymers, aromatic hydrocarbons, surfactants, etc.),
which pose a significant risk to the environment and
human. The analysis of hazardous household waste
management in the Vinnytsia region has showed absence
of the appropriate management system. Hazardous
household waste is collected separately only fragmentary
and is released into environment together with other
household waste, creating an environmental hazard in the
region. The article also contains recommendations for the
hazardous household waste management.
