Hazardous Waste

Hazardous waste that is a threat to public health or the environment is deemed hazardous and is subject to a number of federal and state regulations regarding its use and disposal. These stories cover industrial efforts to reduce hazardous waste and its negative impacts. We also look at violations of hazardous waste laws and enforcement of those laws by the EPA and other regulatory agencies.

Unintended Environmental Consequences of the Demise of Redevelopment in California

Unintended Environmental Consequences of the Demise of Redevelopment in CaliforniaCalifornia has a rich history of seizing opportunities that, at first glance, seem perilous. Following a significant industrial and manufacturing era in ...

April 16, 2012

EL Pro Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% - But Sales Up 17%

Volvo Sustainability Report: Hazardous Waste Up 14%, Energy Use 7% – But Sales Up 17%From 2010 to 2011, Volvo Group's energy use rose 7 percent and its hazardous waste production rose by 14 percent - both smaller percentages than ...

April 2, 2012

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Superfund Sites, OECD Report on GHG, Tier 3 Standards

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Superfund Sites, OECD Report on GHG, Tier 3 StandardsPresident Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed the release of emergency oil reserves during a bilateral meeting this week, but no agreement ...

March 16, 2012

EL Pro Henkel Sustainability Report: Energy Consumption, Carbon Emissions Drop 9% Year-On-Year

Henkel Sustainability Report: Energy Consumption, Carbon Emissions Drop 9% Year-On-YearHenkel, the company behind Dial, Purex, Right Guard and other personal care brands, reduced its energy consumption by over nine percent from 2010 to 2011, ...

March 9, 2012

Contraband Hospital Waste Returns to US

Contraband Hospital Waste Returns to USBrazil has sent 46.6 tons of contraband waste from American hospitals back to the U.S., Fox News reports. Customs agents intercepted the container of waste ...

January 24, 2012

EL Pro Crown Holdings Cuts Direct GHGs 8%

Crown Holdings Cuts Direct GHGs 8%Crown Holdings, a leading supplier of cans and other metal packaging products to consumer marketing companies, cuts its direct greenhouse gas emissions by ...

January 23, 2012

GM’s John Bradburn Talks Waste Reduction

GM’s John Bradburn Talks Waste Reduction John Bradburn, GM's manager of waste reduction efforts, talks about how GM's landfill-free projects relate to real world situations.

January 23, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Apple Supply Chain Audits, Council for Responsible Sports, e-Stewards

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Apple Supply Chain Audits, Council for Responsible Sports, e-StewardsApple, Inc. released information on 229 supply-chain audits of compliance with health, safety and environmental standards, along with the names of its suppliers and manufacturing ...

January 17, 2012

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Chemical Safety Board, New Mexico Waste Pit Rule, ISO 50001

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Chemical Safety Board, New Mexico Waste Pit Rule, ISO 50001The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) reiterated its call for the creation of a national fire code for hazardous waste facilities following a deadly chemical ...

January 10, 2012

Teck American, Dow Were Top Toxics Emitters in 2010

Teck American, Dow Were Top Toxics Emitters in 2010Teck American, Dow Chemical and Incobrasa Industires were the companies that reported generating the largest quantities of toxic chemicals in production-related waste, according ...

January 6, 2012

E-waste Recovery Totals $6.8b in 2010, Grows 3x Faster than Other Streams

E-waste Recovery Totals $6.8b in 2010, Grows 3x Faster than Other StreamsE-waste is a small portion of global waste, contributing only a 0.01 percent to 3 percent of total global waste, but it is growing at a ...

December 20, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Lightbulb Ban Delayed; EU Carbon Market; Hydropower Bill

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Lightbulb Ban Delayed; EU Carbon Market; Hydropower BillThe House has voted to delay enforcement of new light bulb efficiency standards until at least Oct. 1 as part of a last-minute budget deal to ...

December 19, 2011

Revend Launches Light Bulb Recycling Vending Machine

Revend Launches Light Bulb Recycling Vending MachineU.K. corporation Revend Recycling Limited has launched a "reverse vending" recycling machine for the collection and recycling of domestic light bulbs and batteries. Ikea will be ...

December 14, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Sustainable Wallcoverings

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Turbine Standards, Sustainable Forestry Initiative, Sustainable WallcoveringsThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), agreed to cooperate on the advancement of more efficient permitting for wind ...

December 13, 2011

EL Pro Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Green Construction Code, WM Certifications, LEED Airports The provisions in the new 2012 International Green Construction Code were completed during a final hearing at the International Code Council's meeting in Phoenix, Ariz. The ...

November 15, 2011

Chrysler Invests $35m In Emissions Cuts, Conservation

Chrysler Invests $35m In Emissions Cuts, ConservationChrysler Group invested more than $35 million toward reducing facility emissions and enhancing resource conservation in 2010, according to its first sustainability report. The group, ...

October 28, 2011

EL Pro Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule

Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Green Climate Fund, Basel Amendment, Roadless Rule A United Nations committee has completed the draft design of a Green Climate Fund that would send $100 billion per year by 2020 to assist developing ...

October 24, 2011

EL Pro Glencore Hazardous Waste Triples, But Suspended Solids Fall

Glencore Hazardous Waste Triples, But Suspended Solids FallCommodities company Glencore incurred four significant environmental fines in 2010 and its hazardous waste output more than tripled last year, according to the company’s ...

September 15, 2011

Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant Opens

Google Invests in Hog-Waste Energy; Diaper Recycling Plant OpensGoogle has invested in a pilot project by Duke University and Duke Energy that converts waste from a pig farm into usable energy. The system, on ...

September 12, 2011

Adidas Becomes Third Sports Brand to Ban Hazardous Chemicals

Adidas Becomes Third Sports Brand to Ban Hazardous ChemicalsAdidas has become the third major sports brand to commit to having zero discharge of hazardous chemicals throughout its supply chain by 2020 in the wake ...

September 1, 2011