Participation in a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Drive and 'Before' and 'After' Public Knowledge and Disposal Practices: Champaign County

摘要

The extent to which households use, store, and dispose of hazardous materials has become a matter of increasing concern but has rarely been assessed. The project report provides an assessment of the first household hazardous materials publicity campaign and collection event held in Illinois. The collection event date was September 13, 1987, in Champaign County. The report describes survey results concerning the state of public awareness, use, and disposal of household hazardous materials prior to and immediately after the publicity campaign in Champaign County.