What are the differences between solid wastes and hazardous wastes?

What will be an ideal response?


Solid waste encompasses the waste produced by households (municipal solid waste) and farms, industries, and mines (industrial solid waste) that is not a liquid or gas.?Hazardous waste is waste produced in any setting that may be poisonous, extremely chemically reactive, corrosive, and/or flammable. Solid waste can be hazardous waste, but not all hazardous waste is solid waste.

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