The big question still remains, what about hazardous wastes? Or let's frame it this way, "what about your hazardous wastes? Many a time environmental activists and individuals fighting for a cleaner environment forget the impact of hazardous wastes to our ecosystem.

Electronics, tyres and used oil freely find their way to the ecosystem with little concern from governments. We talk about negative impacts of improper and unsanitized disposal of solid wastes to the ecosystem without talking about hazardous wastes.

Let us break them one by one:

Electronic wastes (e-waste)

Electronics such as computer monitor  contain almost 1Kg of lead which is a cancerous component. We all know the effects of lead to the unborn and grown ups including damage to the nervous system.

Used oil finds its way to the environment from garages, they then join municipal sewer systems to treatment plants and a higher percentage to water sources. It makes it hard to treat waste water due to its complex components. Used oil contain carbons and lead from vehicle engines thus is a threat to human and animals lives.

Tyres are hard to treat and recycle. When burnt they produce toxic gases to the environment which is a trigger to upper respiratory tract infections. Even burning them in cement kilns is not enough to manage them.