The isolated storage of hazardous chemicals calls for items to be isolated and stored according to guidelines specified on its container or packaging. Vapour recovery units should be installed to recover vapours. It is necessary to adopt safety norms while handling, storing and transporting hazardous materials. Risk assessment, on-site, off-site emergency plans and disaster management plans are necessary.

Sustainable development is built on three basic premises, i.e., economic growth, ecological balance and social progress. Economic growth achieved in a way that does not consider the environmental concerns will not be sustainable in the long run. Therefore, sustainable development needs careful integration of environmental, economic, and social needs in order to achieve both an increased standard of living in the short term, and a net gain or equilibrium among human, natural, and economic resources to support future generations in the long term.