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M � <br /> Fact Sheet S131 158 Designates Aerosol <br /> May 2005 Cans as "Universal Waste" <br /> DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC <br /> SUBSTANCES CONTROL <br /> HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENTS <br /> DTSC is one of Senate Bill (SB)1158 (Chapter 450,Statutes of 2001),effective January 1, <br /> six Boards and 2002,reduced the regulatory and financial burden of managing hazardous <br /> Departments within waste aerosol cans by designating them as"universal waste." Before SB 1158, <br /> the California non-empty aerosol cans that were discarded had to be fully managed as <br /> Environmental hazardous waste. Now,qualified universal waste handlers may process the cans <br /> Protection Agency. onsite without a permit under certain conditions. <br /> DTSC'smissionis <br /> to restore,protect <br /> and enhance the What Are Aerosol Cans? <br /> environment, to <br /> ensure publfchealth, The principle behind aerosol cans has remained unchanged since the 1920s. <br /> environmental Two fluids are sealed in a metal can. One fluid,the product,is a liquid at <br /> qualityand room temperature;the other,the propellant,is a compressed gas. When the <br /> economic vitality, valve at the top of the can is opened (by pressing on it),the expansion of the <br /> byregulating propellant forces the product through a small tube that extends from the <br /> hazardous waste,; bottom of the can to the nozzle. According to an industry group,the <br /> conductingand x Consumer Aerosol Products Council, up to 1,500 kinds of products, from <br /> e asthma inhalers to shaving cream and low cholesterol cooking sprays,are <br /> overseetngcleanupr packaged as aerosols. <br /> and developingand <br /> promotingpo/lution <br /> prevention. When AM Aerosol Cans Hazardous Wastes? <br /> State of California Aerosol cans are not hazardous waste when they have been emptied of con- <br /> tents,but non-empty aerosol cans may be hazardous wastes.Non-empty <br /> Aerosol cans are commonly discarded for <br /> a number of reasons,such as:the spray <br /> mechanism is damaged or clogged and no <br /> longer works,the propellant has been <br /> California exhausted,or the owner decides that he or £+' <br /> Environmental she no longer wants or needs the product. <br /> Protection Agency <br /> If the aerosol can contains pressurized con- <br /> tents that may explode when heated,if the <br /> propellant is ignitable or toxic,or the prod- <br />