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.
Policy & Enforcement Briefing: Drillers Win Exemption Case, Smog Rule on the Way
A rule revising the Land Disposal Restriction treatment standard for carbamate wastes went into effect on Aug. 12, 2011, the EPA ...
WM, DaVita Launch Dialysis Recycling Trial
Dialysis service provider DaVita Inc. and a subsidiary of recycling and refuse collection firm Waste Management are hoping to recycle 350,000 pounds of waste from kidney ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Truck Fuel Standards, Air Rules under Fire
President Obama is expected to announce new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks tomorrow at Interstate Moving Services in Springfield, Va., the ...
Wates Group Discusses Sending Zero Waste to Landfill
In 2006 Rachel Woolliscroft set out to reduce the amount of construction waste Wates was sending to landfill. The disposal was ...
AbTech to Release Disposable Filtration Unit for Hazardous Water
AbTech Holdings Inc. has completed testing on a disposable product aimed at the treatment of hazardous contaminated waste water.
The multi-use Smart Sponge 55 will initially be ...
Air Products' GHG Rises, NOx and SOx Fall
Air Products’ greenhouse gas intensity rose in 2010, but the company is still on track to meet its 2015 reduction target, according to ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Leaks, Labeling and Laundry
Officials in Maine plan to announce on Friday that Chevron will pay a large settlement for more than 140,000 gallons of oil that has been ...
Nike, Puma, Other Giants Accused of Importing from Chinese Polluter
Adidas, Nike, Puma and Calvin Klein are among some of the brands importing materials from a Chinese conglomerate responsible for the pollution of rivers, according to ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Safety Kleen, Facility Management, Dyno Nobel
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) will develop global facility management standards if a British Standards Institution's proposal (pdf) is adopted. ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: EPA Funding, Aussie Carbon Tax, Hazardous Waste Regs
The environment subcommittee of the House appropriations committee approved a bill this morning that would slash funds for the EPA, the Hill ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Green Globes, Home Builders, Radioactive Sludge
Internap Network Services Corporation, a provider of IT infrastructure services, has achieved Green Globes certification for its Santa Clara colocation facility, following a ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: Sugar, Ford, RoHS, WEEE, Coal Ash
A Brazilian Coca-Cola bottler has become the first customer to buy sugar cane product certified under a new sustainability standard launched by the ...
Policy & Regulatory Briefing: Obama's Cree Visit, Renewable Funding Cuts
President Obama is scheduled to meet today with his Jobs and Competitiveness Council, composed mostly of business executives, at the Durham, N.C., headquarters of ...
Environmental Enforcement: Battery Recycling Co. to Clean Up After Lead Found in Children
EPA Region 2 has reached an agreement with The Battery Recycling Company in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, requiring the company to take measures to prevent lead ...
Compliance & Standards Briefing: NZ Soils, Reach, Dekra
New Zealand’s environment minister, Nick Smith, has announced a new national environmental standard on contaminated soil, Scoop.co.nz reports. Smith said that councils ...
GM Doubles Recycling of Gulf Oil Spill Booms
General Motors’ plans to turn oil-soaked booms from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill into air deflectors for its Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid ...
EPA Releases Cleanup Plan for Nepera Chemical Superfund Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a proposed plan to remove contaminated soil from the site of former lagoons at the ...
50 Years of Environmental Law in Canada
2011 is the 50th anniversary of Ontario environmental laws. Our first environmental statute came in 1961: Ontario Water Resources Act (following creation ...
PPG Particulates, GHG, Ozone-Depleting Compounds Rise
PPG Industries’ emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals and particulate matter were up 36 percent and 26 percent last year, and both now exceed ...
Environmental Enforcement: 49 Parties Settle for $1.2m in Casmalia Superfund Case
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today reached a $1.2 million settlement with 49 parties for cleanup costs at the Casmalia Resources Superfund Site ...
