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Hazardous waste includes ash produced by waste-to-energy facilities, contaminated soils and chemicals. Households, farms and other businesses also produce hazardous wastes like batteries, electrical and electronic appliances, paints, solvents and medicines. Industry and the construction sector were the largest generator of hazardous waste last year, with large quantities of incinerator ash (152,000 tonnes), contaminated soils from remediation of industrial sites (91,000 tonnes) and chemical residues (66,000 tonnes). Infectious health care waste was the eleventh largest category of hazardous waste in 2019 at just over 12,000 tonnes, but the EPA warned that the Covid-19 pandemic would likely result in higher tonnages this year. Around two thirds (65%) of the country’s hazardous waste was exported for treatment to other EU member states last year, with the Netherlands, Norway, Great Britain, Denmark, Germany, and France making up the the majority of destinations. ....