How to Use nonhazardous in a Sentence

nonhazardous

adjective

• The char is disposed of as nonhazardous waste, though in the future some hope to sell it to the asphalt industry.
  — Jennifer McDermott, ajc, 21 Oct. 2022
• New York police said the white powder in the envelope was deemed to be nonhazardous and was taken to a lab for more testing.
  — Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2018
• It has not been proven that Jacobs — or even coal ash — is to blame for any illnesses, and the EPA classifies coal ash as nonhazardous.
  — CBS News, 30 May 2022
• Transit users should be able to safely navigate to stops, wait for the bus in a nonhazardous environment and board and leave the bus safely.
  — Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2022
• She was briefly hospitalized as a precaution, but the substance turned out to be nonhazardous.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Houston Chronicle, 5 June 2018
• Keller Canyon is run by Republic Services, a Fortune 500 company and the country’s second-largest hauler of nonhazardous waste.
  — Kimberly Veklerov, SFChronicle.com, 22 June 2018
• The feedstock is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based household trash.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• The feedstock is comprised of nonhazardous organic and carbon-based household trash.
  — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2022
• The Perris anaerobic digester is designed to process pre- and post-consumer food waste, including fats, oils and grease; landscape, pruning and other green waste; and nonhazardous wood waste.
  — Nicole Miller-Coleman, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 July 2017
• Vanessa and two others were taken to the hospital as a precaution after opening the envelope, but New York police have said the white powder was nonhazardous.
  — Lisa Ryan, The Cut, 13 Feb. 2018
• The company recycles all its plastic bags and hangers, dry-cleans its clothing with a nonhazardous chemical, and has patented its own eco-friendly garment bag.
  — Erin Quinn-Kong, Woman's Day, 14 Feb. 2019
• The smoke was quickly determined to be nonhazardous, Maggiolo said.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2019
• Last month, Vanessa Trump opened a letter to her husband containing an unidentified white powder and was briefly hospitalized as a precaution, but the substance turned out to be nonhazardous.
  — Jonathan Lemire and Larry Neumeister, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• The cars involved were also carrying combustible liquids, butyl acrylate, and residue of benzene from previous shipments, as well as nonhazardous materials such as wheat, plastic pellets, malt liquors, and lube oil, according to the NTSB.
  — Alan Ashworth, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2023
• Meanwhile, one of the new audits faulted the DEQ for allowing drill cuttings and other wastes associated with energy exploration and production to be dumped in landfills permitted only for nonhazardous waste.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Aug. 2020
• Latex paint, nonhazardous cleaning materials, antifreeze, motor oil and filters will not be accepted.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Sep. 2017
• Savage has announced acquisitions of other companies in recent years, including a hazardous and nonhazardous waste removal company and a company that removes waste coal.
  — Mark Davis, kansascity, 15 May 2018
• The investigation determined the material to be nonhazardous.
  — Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017

Last Updated: 14 Aug 2024