Explanation Following are the main advantages and disadvantages to storing the liquid hazardous wastes in deep underground wells as well as in surface impoundments: Advantages: Deep-well disposals are safe if sites for them chosen carefully. Wastes can be often retrieved from the deep-well. It is a low-cost technique to store liquid wastes. Disadvantages: Leakage can happen in deep-well disposal. It emits carbon dioxide and other air pollutants also. The outcome of this approach encourages waste production. The highly toxic materials are sometimes buried in carefully designed and monitored land because these highly toxic materials cannot be destroyed, safely burned, or detoxified. The carefully designed land for burying these materials is known as ‘ secure hazardous wastes landfills .’ Following are the four ways to reduce an individual’s outcome of hazardous waste: (i) Use of pesticides and other hazardous chemicals should be avoided...

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The main advantages and disadvantages of storing liquid hazardous wastes in deep underground wells and surface impoundments. Define the term ‘hazardous waste landfills.’ The list of four major ways to reduce an individual’s output of hazardous wastes. The procedure of regulation of hazardous wastes in the United States.

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