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Household Hazardous Wastes

California Integrated Waste Management Board Closing the Loop curricula
This curriculum is designed to introduce K-3 and 4-6 grade students to waste issues, including household hazardous waste.

Guide to Less Toxic Products
Everyday, most North Americans use beauty and cleaning products which contain hazardous ingredients. The objective of this site from the Environmental Health Association of Nova Scotia is to: 1) Provide information about potential health risks of commonly used products; 2) Help identify less toxic alternatives for personal care, household cleaning, baby care, and household pest control; and 3) Provide information to help viewers evaluate products not in their guide in order to choose the safest ones.

Hazardous Waste Management Program of King County
This site, from Seattle, Washington, offers information on disposal of hazardous materials, alternatives, the "good bug guide," and answers to common questions.

Iowa Department of Natural Resources
This site offers helpful information for safely handling, storing and disposing of Household Hazardous Materials and contact information for Regional Collection Centers. Fact sheets on batteries, paint, cleaning products, motor oil and pesticides are found at this link, as well as lesson plans about HHMs.

Lead Poisoning
This is a link to lead poisoning in children, and how to avoid it.

Website mission: Provide formal and nonformal educators with resources, lessons plans, and a forum for information exchange to facilitate education about waste in K-12 classrooms. Webmaster: Susan Salterberg, Center for Energy and Environmental Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0293; salterberg@uni.edu Last Updated: January 5, 2005; Copyright 2005 University of Northern Iowa. All Rights Reserved. http://www.uni.edu/ceee/wastereduction

Thanks to the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at the University of Northern Iowa and especially to their director, John Konefes, and to their webmaster, Jason Ebensberger, for assistance with this website. This website was prepared with the support of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources Contract Number 04-G550-24. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDNR. Funding support was also provided by the Resource Enhancement and Protection Conservation Education Program (REAP CEP): Invest in Iowa , our outdoors, our heritage, our people. REAP is supported by the state of Iowa, providing funding to public and private partners for natural and cultural resource projects, including water quality, wildlife habitat, soil conservation, parks, trails, historic preservation and more.