Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  plate(Noun) A dish from which food is served or eaten. I filled my plate from the bountiful table. 2  plate(Noun) The contents of such a dish. I ate a plate of beans. 3  plate(Noun) A course at a meal. The meat plate was particularly tasty. 4  plate(Noun) A flat metallic object of uniform thickness.
What is Household Hazardous Waste? Household Hazardous Waste, or HHW, is any chemical or product that can cause serious illness or pose an environmental or health threat if improperly stored, transported, or disposed of. When hazardous waste is disposed of in the trash, down the drain, or on the ground, our water and soils can be contaminated or trash collectors can be harmed. Most products labeled dangerous, flammable, poison, combustible and corrosive are considered hazardous waste.
On average, each one of us produces 4.4 pounds of solid waste each day. This adds up to almost a ton of trash per person, per year. A typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water a year.bout one-third of an average dump is made up of packaging material! Every year, each American throws out about 1,200 pounds of organic garbage that can be composted. The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year.