nonhazardous
adjective
non·haz·ard·ous
ˌnän-ˈha-zər-dəs 
: not hazardous
nonhazardous waste
a nonhazardous area
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The Calabasas Landfill is one of at least seven nonhazardous waste landfills in Southern California approved to accept waste — including chimneys, hazardous trees and fire debris and ash — from this latest cleanup phase.
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Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Although brine, sludge, and drilling waste have been copiously spilled and spread across the country since the nineteenth century, and although scientists have documented extensive amounts of contamination, a 1980 federal exemption legally defines oil and gas waste as nonhazardous.
—Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Parts of Albany’s portion of the landfill were being filled sometime between 1965 and 1968 and it was designated as a class III dump, meaning it was intended to hold nonhazardous materials, according to the GSI report.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
That envelope, which was taken to a FBI laboratory for forensic testing, also contained a powdery white substance that was later identified as nonhazardous.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
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Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Although brine, sludge, and drilling waste have been copiously spilled and spread across the country since the nineteenth century, and although scientists have documented extensive amounts of contamination, a 1980 federal exemption legally defines oil and gas waste as nonhazardous.
—Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Parts of Albany’s portion of the landfill were being filled sometime between 1965 and 1968 and it was designated as a class III dump, meaning it was intended to hold nonhazardous materials, according to the GSI report.
—Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
That envelope, which was taken to a FBI laboratory for forensic testing, also contained a powdery white substance that was later identified as nonhazardous.
—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 19 Sep. 2024
See All Example Sentences for nonhazardous
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“Nonhazardous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonhazardous. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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