Abastract:
The world is sweeping through a large-scale scientific and technological revolution in all different economic activities. This revolution contributed to achieving an economic boom in terms of productivity and the use of modern technologies that produced goods and services of high accuracy and skill. In fact, it can be said that it contributed to a qualitative shift in the economic structure of countries from the traditional economy to the knowledge-based technological economy. This has achieved many economic advantages, but the risks and drawbacks of technology are also numerous.
It goes without saying that among the most dangerous of these negatives is technology residuals, or what we call hazardous materials and wastes that cause many negative effects on human, animal, plant and environment health in a broad sense, and the consequent catastrophic and dangerous economic effects.
It goes without saying that hazardous substances and wastes exist, as products and by-products of industrial or domestic activity, in solid, liquid and gaseous forms and can range from substances contaminated with dioxins and heavy metals, such as mercury, cadmium or lead, to organic waste. Improper handling and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes can affect human health and the environment by leaching toxins into groundwater, soil, waterways, and the atmosphere (Krueger, J., 2002:43-51), (Government of the Northwest Territories, 2017: 1)