After careful analysis we have concluded that the petitioned waste is not a hazardous waste. This exclusion conditionally excludes the petitioned waste from the requirements of hazardous waste regulations under the Resource Conservation and Recovery ...more »
State law restricts hazardous waste management facilities to be located within 500 feet of a school campus. Titan is complying with the agencies' orders to stop accepting these materials and will now take steps to clean up the site, officials said.more »
When a US Coast Guard inspector boarded the M/T Chem Faros, a 21145-gross-ton cargo ship that pulled into port in Morehead City, NC, an oiler with the engine crew quietly handed him a note. "GOOD MORNING SIR, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THIS SHIP...more »
As published by this paper, the customs authorities have allowed the import of hazardous medical waste under the cover of 'plastic scrap'. This appears to be a violation not only of local regulations, but also of the Basel Convention, the international ...more »
9am-3pm—Too Toxic to Trash: Free Countywide Household Hazardous and E-Waste Roundup in the city of Lynwood. Los Angeles County residents can safely discard of household hazardous waste such as antifreeze, unused pharmaceuticals, car batteries, ...more »
“The oceans must be protected from being used as dump sites for waste oil or other hazardous substances,” said Maureen O'Mara, special agent-in-charge of the Environmental Protection Agency's criminal enforcement program in Atlanta, in June 2010.more »
“I get questions from staff all the time asking about regulations, how to interpret them and how to make sure we're complying. Topics range from disposal of hazardous waste, to patient visitation rights, to relationships with physicians, ...more »
Such hazards could come from chemical burns, disposable needles, broken glasses and falling objects from overloaded containers. Hazards could also emanate from solid waste, contact with asbestos, inhalation of dust and attacks by pests such as ants, ...more »
A source said besides surgical waste, the non-sterilised hazardous plastic scrap is also being crushed and sold openly in bulk despite the fact that the import of hazardous waste was strictly prohibited under local and international laws like Basel ...more »
Six officials from a hazardous- waste remediation company in upstate New York were arraigned on charges in connection with a tax-evasion scheme, the Justice Department said. The officers of Niagara Falls-based Sevenson Environmental Services Inc. are ...more »
And in all that time — despite the significant releases of toxic wastes into the environment, including millions of gallons of pollutants that went into the Public Service Company lakes and the discovery of contamination in the drinking water wells ...more »
Kenya is planning a law to compel distributors of electronic equipment to set up collection centres for obsolete products. By FRANKLINE SUNDAY Kenyan consumers may soon have to pay more for electronic goods if the government amends waste management ...more »
“Senunu Bay's vast biodiversity must be regarded as a precious asset. But why does the government keep giving special treatment to Newmont instead of taking care of the environment?” he added. Riza Damanik of Kiara said that the draft went against Law...more »
While she junks the CDs in a dustbin, the electronic gadgets are just lying around. computers, mobile phones, iPods and tonnes of plastic bags and bottles accumulated over several shopping trips generates far more hazardous waste (See box: Know your ...more »
It was not a hazardous waste processing plant, but the accumulated solids from its bilge-water treatment included significant oil and other potential contaminants such as heavy metals. By late 2011, the clock was ticking. Buffalo Marine could not use ...more »
The fisheries coalition, or Kiara, urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to revise the draft regulation to close loopholes it said would allow companies to legally dump dangerous waste in the ocean. It said the country needed tougher laws in place ...more »
"Burning any material, whether plastic, paper or wood, produces a variety of hazardous and toxic air pollutants, including carcinogens such as arsenic, benzene and formaldehyde," said Brad Wolbert, of the Department of Natural Resources Waste and ...more »
