Oil spills make up 12% of all oil that enter the seas and oceans. Hard to imagine the scope of the single oil spill problem. After 10 minutes one ton of oil is spilled into the water, the oil spot reaches huge diameter and gets 10 mm thick. With the passage of time, the spot gets thinner to less than 1 mm, as it becomes more and more vast. Spills are catastrophic to local marine wildlife such as fish, birds and sea otters. To make a single bird clear after being stained by oil spills, it will take two people, 45 minutes and more than one thousand liters of pure flowing water. Sometimes at a time there may occur an oil spill more than one ton. For example, oil spill from a huge tanker makes up a severe problem because there is such a huge quantity of oil being split into one place. Can you imagine the size of the problem now

With the reference to hazardous waste disposal first thing to understand is- what is Hazardous material? – Any material or substance or mixture of substances have properties, capable to produce adverse effects to the health and safety of the human or environment can be identified as hazardous material. Hazardous waste (especially hydrocarbons) is a huge threat to the mankind and environment. When such type of waste is dumped directly to soil/water without properly treating, this can pose potential hazard to environment and creatures.