Summarizing, HHW constitutes a small fraction of municipal
solid waste for which common knowledge has to be gained by the
simple citizens. Citizens have to become aware of the issue of HHW preliminary initiatives. Government, producers and retailers
should coordinate and develop integrated citizen-friendly takeback
systems in order to achieve effective HHW collection and
management. At the same time, significant attempt should be made
in order to support the existing legislative framework so that the
same terminology is used in most countries and statistics can
provide relevant data in a common and reliable way on normal
basis. Finally, all effort has to be made so as to minimize HHW. The
use of less hazardous materials in the manufacture and production
of goods in the everyday life will also have a positive effect in
dealing with the specific waste stream under investigation, since it
will support the prevention process