There are few heavy-duty cleaners for the home more potent than the aerosol containers that hold the caustic cleaning chemicals in over cleaners & soot removers. Designed to remove the most baked-on foods in ovens and grills and the buildup of creosote, tar, and other waste products in wooden stoves and fireplaces, these chemicals are dangerous to handle, store, and dispose of. Today, we’re looking at the chemicals that make these products challenging to use, finding disposal for them, and providing safety tips for use, storage, and removal, including using our services. [Read more…]
Disposing of Chlorine: Pool and Cleaning Products
While chlorine itself is a toxic gas, it can be found in a myriad of solid and liquid household products. Today, we’re going to look at two major categories of hazardous household products that can’t be disposed of at home: pool cleaners and cleaning products. In this article, learn more about how chlorine is used at home, what products it is in, and the dangers when handling, combining, and disposing of chlorine and other household and pool cleaners. [Read more…]
Why Corrosive Cleaners are Hazardous Household Products
Sometimes, all-purpose surface cleaners and Windex don’t cut it; you have to call in the big guns of cleaning. Many of these “heavy duty” cleaners come with a host of warnings, including required equipment for use, as well as warnings about skin exposure, eye exposure, properly ventilated areas—the list goes on. A large group of these hazardous household products are categorized as “corrosive cleaners,” or products with the primary job of dissolving things—and that comes with even more warnings, especially pertaining to storage and disposal. [Read more…]
Disposing of Hazardous Furniture Cleaner and Polish
If you’ve got great furniture at home, you want it to last and keep looking as great as the day you bought it. Whether you’ve got handed-down heirloom furniture or like to make, restore, or finish your own, you can accumulate many furniture products that can contain hazardous chemicals that prohibit at-home disposal. Today we will go over hazardous furniture cleaner, polish, and related products and what should be done with them during use, storage, and disposal. [Read more…]
What Makes Carpet Cleaner Toxic?
While everyone loves the feeling of a carpeted room, cleaning them can be a headache. If you’ve taken it on yourself to clean your carpet and rugs, you may be left with toxic carpet cleaner and other rug conditioning products that need disposal. Today we’re going to look at the harmful chemicals that might make your carpet cleaner toxic, as well as precautions to take during both use and disposal. [Read more…]
