If you’ve found your furnace leaking, spilling heating oil into your home, you’ll need to act fast for the safety and health of your family and the livability of your home. Below are the people to contact first in New England, what to expect, and how a hazardous waste expert like NEDT can help you clean up the aftermath of a home furnace oil spill and other contaminated products as quickly and efficiently as possible—including getting coverage from your insurance. [Read more…]
Decluttering Your Home of Household Hazardous Waste
While decluttering your home can be a great feeling, hazardous waste can make it difficult. Since they can’t be thrown away or poured down the sink, these household products can gather in basements, attics, and garages for years. If you’ve amassed such a collection, it’s time to deal with it. In this article, we’ll go over common types of hazardous products, what your disposal options are, and how NEDT can help—including by coming right to your door. [Read more…]
What to Do with Hazardous Waste in a House Cleanout
Whether it’s downsizing, managing the estate of a loved one, a sudden eviction, or simply a very thorough (and delayed) spring cleaning, dealing with the waste generated by a house cleanout is a major headache. What to save, what to sell or give away, and what needs to be disposed of is a significant hurdle even before you factor in the dangers of hazardous products. In this article, we will go over identifying and disposing of hazardous waste in a house cleanout and how we can help. [Read more…]
Reading the Warning Labels on Hazardous Household Products
How does hazardous waste pile up at home? Sometimes, it’s as simple as not reading a label. Certain products can be dangerous to your family and difficult to dispose of, whether you’ve inherited it, bought it, or don’t know where it came from. The first step to dealing with them is reading the warning labels on hazardous household products. And the second step is using that information to make better buying, storage, and disposal decisions. Learn how to do both in this blog. [Read more…]
Handling, Storing & Disposing of Pesticides and Insecticides
Keeping your landscape nice and healthy is hard work, and some of that work includes the use of heavy-duty chemicals to keep your lawn and garden pest-free. Pesticides and insecticides pose unique risks because they are designed to kill. And while these chemicals are targeted to insects and other pests, these same toxic compositions can pose a major health risk to your family—especially small children and pets—as well as the environment. Learn more about storing and disposing of pesticides and insecticides to reduce the risk to your home. [Read more…]
