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.I
NTRODUC
TION

Wa s
temanage
ment,i
nanysc
enari
o,i
sane s
senti
alas
pec
tofdai
l
yli
fe.
Thoseinthefoo
db us
ine
sstake
e
xtracaretoensur
et h
atthei
resta
bli
shme
ntsa r
ea l
waysuptothest
andard
sf o
rwa st
ed i
spos
ali
nt h
eir
k
itc
hens.Sch
oolca
nteenisapl
acewherestude
ntsbuyt he
irf
oodanddri
nkstos at
iat
et hei
rhungerand
t
hir
st.Thescho
olhasacantee
nsot h
att h
eirstude
ntswil
lnotbereq
uir
edtov entur
efartherfr
omt he
s
chool
an dth
eschoo
lgai
nprof
it
sfro
mit.

I
nmyI nte
rvie
w,Inoti
cedafewissue
s,ofwhi
chiwi
lll
is
tt wo.Fi
rs
tprob
lemwasban
ningtheus
eo fpl
ast
ic
mate
ria
lsl
ikepl
ast
icbot
tle
s,pl
ast
iccups
,pl
ast
icco
ntai
nere t
c.Th
eoth
erprob
lemorthese
condpr
oble
mwa s
th
eimproperdi
spos
alofwast
es,l
ikemostofthestud
entsd o
esnotdi
spo
sethei
rwasteonagarbag
ecan,
th
ey'
djustsi
mplythr
owitany
wh e
re.

Ic
onduc
tedt
hiss
tud
ytok
nowwh
att
hec
ust
ome
rsr
eal
l
yfe
ela
ndi
fth
ese
rvi
ceo
fth
eca
nte
enc
anb
e
i
mpro
ved.

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.BACK
GROUNDI
NFORMAT
ION

Wastedi
sposa
lincan
teensi
sa nimpor
tantaspec
toffoo
dservi
cebecaus
eitaff
ectstheenv
iro
nment,
p
ubl
icheal
th,andthecostofopera
tions.Prop
erwa s
tedis
posa
lhel
pst ored
ucet h
ea mountofwast
et ha
t
e
ndsu pinlandf
il
l
s,whic
hc ancaus
ee nviro
nmentalpol
l
uti
onandd eg
r a
dati
on.Ital
sor e
ducestheris
ko f
c
ontami
nati
o noffoodando th
eritems,whichcanleadtofoodb
orneill
nes
ses.Addi
ti
onal
ly,p
rope
rwa st
e
d
isp
osalhe
lpstoreduc
et h
eamountoftimeandmoneyspentondi
spos
ingofwas
te,whi
chinturnhel
pstokee
p
o
perati
onal
c o
stsdown.
T
her
ea reseve
ralwaystoproperl
ydi
sposeofwastei
ncanteens
. Mostcanteen
ss ep
aratethe
irwast
einto
t
hre
ema i
nc a
tegor
ies
:recy
cla
ble,
compost
abl
e,andnon
-recy
cla
ble
. Recy
cla
blemateri
al
ssuchaspap
er,pl
asti
c,
a
ndcard
b o
ardshoul
dbepla
cedindesi
gna
tedbin
sa n
dtakentoarec y
cli
ngfa
c i
l
it
y.Compost
abl
emateri
al
s,s
uch
a
sfoo
dsc r
aps,
shoul
dbeplac
edinspeci
alc
ompostbi
ns,
whic
hcanb etakentoac ompos
tin
gfaci
l
it
yorusedina
b
ack
yardcompost
ingsys
tem.Non-r
ecycl
abl
emateri
al
s,s
uchasStyrofoa
ma ndplast
icbag
s,sh
oul
dbeplac
edin
t
ras
hb a
gsanddisp
osedofi
nal an
dfi
ll
.

I
nor
dertoensur
ethatwastei
sdi
spo
sedo
fprop
erly
,ca
nteen
ssho
uldhav
ec l
ear
lyl
abe
ll
edbi
nsfo
reachtype
o
fwasteands h
oul
de duc
atethe
irempl
oye
esandc u
stomer
saboutproperwas
ted i
spo
sal
.Add
iti
onal
l
y,
c
ant
eenssho
uldrou
tin
elyin
spe
ctthei
rwast
ebinstoens
uretha
tt h
eya r
en oto
verf
lowi
nganda
reb e
ing
e
mpti
edre
gul
arl
y.

I
I
I.E
VAL
UAT
IONOFC
ASE

C
aseofi
mpr
ope
rwas
tedi
spo
sal
inacan
teenhasbee
napre
ssi
ngconce
rnfo
rma n
yyear
s.I
tisani
ss
ue
t
hath
asbeenad
dre
sse
dbynume
rou
sgove
rnmentan
dp r
iva
teo
rgani
zat
ion
s,aswe
lla
sbyin
div
idu
als
.

I
nthepast
,impro
perwast
ed i
sp
osal
incant
eenwasnotta
kenseri
ous
lyandoft
enove
rlo
oke
d.I
twassee
na s
ani
nconv
eni
e n
cea n
dn o
ta nenvi
ron
mentali
ss
ue.Manyes
tabl
i
shmentsado
pteda“th
rowaway“me
ntal
i
ty,
mea
nin
gthatwa s
tewassi
mpl
yd u
mpedin
tothegar
bag
ewit
houtbei
ngrecy
cle
dorpro
perl
ydi
spo
sedof
.

Th
ishaschan
gedi
nrece
ntyearsduetoi
ncrea
sedaware
nes
so ft
heconse
quence
sofimpro
perwast
ed i
spo
sal
.
Morepeo
plearen
owawareoftheimp
ort
anceofpr
o p
erwastedi
spo
sali
nordertop
r ot
ecttheenvi
ronment
.
Th
ishasle
dt othei
mpl
emen
t a
tionofva
rio
uswastemanag
ementini
ti
ati
ves
,suchaswasteseg
rega
tio
na nd
co
mp o
sti
ng.

Thes
ei ni
ti
ati
veshavehadan o
tabl
eimpactont heamountofwa st
ep rod
ucedinc anteen
s.Many
est
abl
ish
mentsnowhavededi
cat
edcompos
tin
gb i
ns,aswe
lla
sr e
cycl
i
ngbinsfo
rp a
p e
r,pl
ast
ic,andoth
er
mater
ial
s.Th
erei
sals
oar e
newedfoc
usonreduc
ingfo
odwast
e,whi
chhasseenadramati
cred
uc t
ioni
nthe
amountoff
oodwas
teprod
ucedbycant
een
s.

T
heevol
uti
onofc
aseo
fimpro
perwastedi
spo
sali
ncant
eensi
sapo
sit
ivedev
elo
pme
ntfo
rtheenvi
ron
ment.I
t
i
simpo
rta
ntfori
ndi
vi
dual
sando r
gan
izat
ion
stoc o
nti
nuetobecon
scio
usofthe
irwa
stedi
sp
osalhab
itsi
n
o
rdertoens
uret
hattheen
viro
nmentispr
otec
ted.
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||
.PROPOS
ESOL
UTI
ON/
CHANGE
S

I
mproperdi
sposa
l ofhaz
a r
dousmater
ial
sc a
nh av
ed eva
s t
ati
n gconse
quencesfortheenvi
ronmentand
hu
ma nheal
th.Ther
efor
e,itisi
mp o
rtanttotakeacti
ontor ed
ucet h
ea mountofhazardousmater
ial
sthatare
i
mproperl
yd i
spo
sedof.Onewa yt odot h
isistoc re
atea war
e ne
ssa mongth epubli
cabouttheda n
gersof
i
mproperdi
sposal
ofhazardousmateri
al
s.Aneducati
oncampai
gnc o
uldbed e
velope
dt oinf
ormpeopl
eaboutthe
ri
sksasso
ciate
dwithimproperdis
posala
ndth ei
mp o
rtanceofproperdis
p o
sal
.A d
diti
onal
ly
,lo
calgov
ernments
co
uldcreatemorewastedispo
salsi
testomakeiteasi
erforpeopl
et oproper
lydis
poseofhazard
ousma te
ria
ls.
Fi
nall
y,
regula
tio
nscoul
db eimpl
ementedtopunis
ht h
osewhoa r
ef ou
n dtobeimproperl
ydis
posi
ngofhazar
dous
materi
al
s.Thes
esolu
tionscoul
dr e
ducetheamountofhazardousmateri
alsthatareimpro
perl
ydis
posedofand
he
lptop r
otecttheenvi
r o
n mentandhumanhealt
h.

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||
.RE
COMME
NDAT
ION

I
rec
omme
ndt
hef
ol
lo
win
gst
epst
oen
sur
epr
ope
rdi
sp
osa
lofh
aza
rdo
usma
ter
ial
s:

1.Pro
per
lyl
abe
lha
zard
ousmat
eri
als
:Al
lha
zard
ousmat
eri
al
sshou
ldb
ec l
ear
lyl
abel
edwi
thaha
zardwarni
ng.
Thi
swi
l
lhe
lpe
nsu
ret
hat
wor
ker
sandot
herpe
rso
nnel
handl
i
ngthemat
eri
al
sarea
wareoft
heri
sksass
oci
ate
dwithth
emate
ria
ls.

2
.Storehaza
rdou
smate
ria
lsp
rop
erl
y:Haz
ard
ousmate
ria
lsmus
tb esto
r e
dinas a
feands
ecu
rema
nne
r.Ap
pro
pri
atee
nvi
ron
men
tal
c
ond
iti
onss
houl
dbema
int
ain
edtopr
eventd
egr
ada
tio
norconta
mina
tio
no fthema
teri
al
s.

3
.Di s
pos
eofhaz
ardo
usmat
eri
al
spro
per
ly:
All
haza
rdo
usmate
ria
lsmustb
edi
spo
sedofi
nac
cor
dan
cewit
happl
i
cabl
elawsa
ndr
egu
lat
ion
s.
T
hismayi
ncl
udepr
ope
rla
bel
i
ng,
pack
agi
ng,
trans
por
tat
iona
nddis
posa
linana
ppr
ovedha
zar
dou
swast
edisp
osa
lfa
cil
i
ty.

4.Usepr
operpe
rso
nalpro
tec
tiv
ee qu
ipmen
t:Al
lper
sonnelh
andl
i
nghazar
dousma
ter
ial
smustwearapp
ropr
iat
eperson
alprote
cti
ve
eq
uip
men
t(PPE)t
oprote
ctthe
mselv
esfromexp
osu
re.Th
ismayi
ncl
udeg
lov
es,e
yepr
ote
cti
on,
resp
ira
tor
s,andpr
otec
tiv
eclot
hin
g.

5.Tra
inper
son
nelinhazar
dousmate
ria
lhand
li
ng:Al
lper
sonnelsho
uldb
etrai
nedinthepr
operhan
dli
nganddi
sp
osa
lofha
zar
dou
s
mat
eri
al
s.
Thi
sshou
ldin
clu
deinf
orma
tio
na b
outsaf
etypr
ecaut
ion
s ,
saf
eworkp
rac
tic
es,a
ndemerg
enc
yrespo
nsepr
oce
dur
es.

RE
FERE
NCE

A.
Zso
kae
tal
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eni
ngduet
oenvi
ron
menta
leduca
tio
n?Envi
ron
menta
lkn
owledg
e,at
tit
ude
s,c
ons
umer
b
ehavi
oura
ndeve
ryd
aypro
-env
iro
nmental
act
ivi
ti
eso
fHunga
ria
nh i
ghsch
ool
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ive
rsi
ty
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s
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