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How To Prepare For Environmental Emergencies: Q&A with Stericycle’s Maricha Ellis

July 12, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Stericycle Environmental Solutions’ Maricha Ellis discusses the most common types of environmental emergency calls the company receives, and how businesses can better prepare for them.

Mining Company Releases 10M Gallons of Water, Muck To Rescue Worker

May 25, 2018May 24, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

To save a contractor whose bulldozer slid into a retention pond at the Hi-Crush frac sand mining facility in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, company officials released about 10 million gallons of process water.

Mobile Environmental Spill Decontamination Unit Launched

December 18, 2015December 18, 2015 by Karen Henry

Directa Plus has launched the Grafysorber Decontamination Unit, the world’s first graphene-based system for addressing environmental emergencies such as oil spills. The mobile units can be deployed quickly and are at least five times more adsorptive than conventional solutions, according to the company. The Grafysorber Decontamination Unit contains a plasma machine ... Read more »

Wastewater Spills on the Rise

September 4, 2015September 3, 2015 by Karen Henry

Between 2009 to 2014, more than 180 million gallons of wastewater has spilled in oil- and gas-producing states, according to an Associated Press analysis. In its analysis of data from the top oil producing states — Texas, North Dakota, California, Alaska, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Kansas, Utah and Montana — ... Read more »

Businesses, Farms Face Losses Following Mine Spill

August 14, 2015August 13, 2015 by Karen Henry

Businesses in the Durango and Silverton, Colorado, areas that rely on the Animas River to drive their operations are closed and will remain that way until at least Aug. 17 as a result of the Aug. 5 Gold King Mine spill. Aug. 17 is the earliest date the EPA said ... Read more »

FedEx Sustainability Report: Aircraft CO2 Intensity Drops 4%

May 31, 2013May 31, 2013 by Tamar Wilner

FedEx reduced its aircraft CO2 emission intensity by 4 percent from FY 2011 to FY 2012, for a cumulative reduction of 18 percent compared to FY 2005, according to the company’s 2012 Global Citizenship Report. The company’s 650-plus aircraft generate the majority of its Scope 1 CO2 emissions. Last year, it ... Read more »

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