nonhazardous
adjective
non·haz·ard·ous
ˌnän-ˈha-zər-dəs 
: not hazardous
nonhazardous waste
a nonhazardous area
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Judge Reiss agreed the samples were nonhazardous and nonliving, and didn’t present a threat.
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 12 June 2025
But the nonhazardous result means that trucking away the mound could cost within the mid-six-figure range.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
Because disaster debris is traditionally considered not hazardous, federal contractors have been hauling this material to several nonhazardous local landfills without testing it.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Although brine, sludge, and drilling waste have been copiously spilled and spread across the country since the nineteenth century, and although scientists have documented extensive amounts of contamination, a 1980 federal exemption legally defines oil and gas waste as nonhazardous.
—Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 12 June 2025
But the nonhazardous result means that trucking away the mound could cost within the mid-six-figure range.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2025
Because disaster debris is traditionally considered not hazardous, federal contractors have been hauling this material to several nonhazardous local landfills without testing it.
—Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2025
Although brine, sludge, and drilling waste have been copiously spilled and spread across the country since the nineteenth century, and although scientists have documented extensive amounts of contamination, a 1980 federal exemption legally defines oil and gas waste as nonhazardous.
—Justin Nobel, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Nonhazardous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonhazardous. Accessed 7 Sep. 2025.
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