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Learn what residents and businesses need to know about trash collection and recycling.
TRANSPORTATION
Learn about how the City maintains its infrastructure, including roadways, bridges and traffic flow.
RECYCLING
Learn how recycling is doing our City tons of good, at work, at home and in public spaces!
SWEEP
Learn how SWEEP keeps Philadelphia clean through education and enforcement.
PMBC
Learn about the Philadelphia More Beautiful Committee (PMBC), and what they are doing to keep our streets clean and safe.
Identifying
Not sure if materials in your possession are hazardous? A careful look at the description on the label will tell you.
Look for these Signal Words
- Toxic
- Warning
- Caution
- Flammable
- Corrosive
- Reactive
- Danger
Hazardous Material Has One or More of These Characteristics
Toxicity
Potential to migrate in soil and water and accumulate to concentrations that can harm humans, animal life and plant life (mercury, chlordane, DDT, PCB capacitors)Ignitability
Can readily catch fire and sustain combustion (solvent paints, cleaners, gasoline)Corrosively
Acidic or basic (high or low pH level) and can corrode or dissolve metal or other materials (strong acids used in drain cleaners and battery acid)Reactivity
Readily explodes or undergoes a violent reaction when mixed with other materials such as water or is shock sensitive (pool chemicals, chlorine bleach, and break fluid)
NOTE: Defined by the US Environmental Protection Agency under the Resource Conservation Recovery Act
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