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Cleanup complete at Markham, Illinois, dump site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has completed a $400,000 cleanup at a 12-acre uncontrolled dump in Markham, Illinois. The site is near the intersection of I-294 and 159th Street, south of Chicago. In April, EPA began removing and disposing of 2,000 tons of contaminated soil. EPA also uncovered and safely disposed of 110 containers of hazardous material. The State of Illinois began the ...
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EPA Hosts Public Information Sessions about Lead-Based Paint, Renovations and Health in New Haven, Connecticut
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will hold two public information sessions on how EPA’s Renovation Rule can help prevent lead exposure during renovations in homes, apartment buildings and schools. The sessions will take place on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, from 4:00-5:30 pm and again from 6:30-8:00 pm, on the second floor of the New Haven Health Department offices at 54 Meadow Street, ...
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DFW first to utilize new mini Safe Drain
Summer 2008: Safe Drain Inc. installed 40 mini Safe Drain storm drain containment devices in the baggage handling area at Dallas Ft. Worth International Airport (DFW). These “mini” Safe Drains were installed specifically to stop deicing fluid but are now able to contain any hazardous material before it gets below ground. Once installed, DFW became 100% compliant with EPA standards ...
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Military and industrial field fueling and maintenance operations depend on self-contained, relocatable, drive-on docs systems to manage collection of hazardous liquids
Field fueling and maintenance of heavy-duty military and industrial vehicles and other heavy equipment is managed safely and efficiently with a DOCS Drive On/Off Containment System from SAFETY STORAGE /FPI. The complete all-in-one DOCS System features a proprietary self-contained DOCS-LOC certified filtration system that automatically separates oil and water in compliance with EPA storm water ...
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Military hazardous material storage solutions feature fast set-up and flexibility in relocating as needed
Military hazardous material storage units from SAFETY STORAGE Inc. are designed to meet the fast setup and frequent relocations required by military operations. Compact, easy to ship, easy to set up, pre-fabricated SAFETY STORAGE buildings provide security and protection for storing chemicals, oil, gas, corrosive or flammable liquids, paint storage, battery rooms, hazardous household waste, ...
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European Organizations Issue Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials
On April 13, 2016, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), the European Environmental Citizens’ Organization for Standardization (ECOS), and the Oeko-Institut issued a press release announcing the availability of the Declaration on Waste Containing Nanomaterials. According to the press release, over 80 signatories have endorsed the Declaration, “demonstrating ...
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Interstate Products Inc announces the new UltraTech Ultra-Hard Top S4 steel spill pallet
Interstate Products has announced their new offering of The UltraTech Ultra-Hard Top S4 Steel Spill Pallet. Interstate Products and UltraTech love the polyethylene spill containment products. However, there are times when steel spill containment is a better option. The Ultra-Hard Top Steel Spill Pallet provides safe and effective outdoor containment for flammables and other hazardous ...
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Cleanup of historic Uravan uranium mill completed
A chapter in the history of the uranium industry in western Colorado closed this week when the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) certified the completion of the 20-year cleanup of the Uravan Mill Superfund Site. Uravan, a former uranium and vanadium mine and processing site located along the San Miguel River in western Montrose County, had long been contaminated with radioactive residues, ...
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EPA and municipality of guaynabo removing 1,500 toxic drums and containers from abandoned warehouse
Removing a significant threat to public health and safety, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the municipality of Guaynabo, Puerto Rico are proceeding with an emergency cleanup of improperly stored hazardous materials at a storage facility in Barrio Vietnam, Guaynabo. EPA is working closely with Guaynabo fire, police and hazardous materials personnel on the removal of over 1,500 drums ...
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The Need to Issue Principal Threat Waste Contaminated Sediment Guidance Sediment Management Work Group1
The concept of Principal Threat Waste (PTW) was originally intended as an advisory process to be helpful in streamlining and focusing decision-making on appropriate waste management options in light of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act’s (CERCLA’s) preference for treatment “where practicable.” While prior U.S. Environmental ...
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E - The Environmental Magazine Asks: Have We Gotten Recycling All Wrong?
The March/April 2011 issue of E – The Environmental Magazine (found here: http://www.emagazine.com/issue/march-april-2011) looks at the growing movement in the United States to force companies that make packaging and products -- from soda bottles to printer cartridges to electronics and mattresses -- to pay for the cost of collecting and recycling the waste they create. This idea is known ...
By E Magazine
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EPA and SEPTA settle hazardous waste violations
The US Environmental Protection Agency and the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) have settled alleged violations of hazardous waste and underground storage tank regulations at nine SEPTA facilities. In addition to a $169,527 civil penalty, SEPTA has agreed to spend $1.1 million on a project that will provide significant environmental and public health benefits. SEPTA ...
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Municipal recycling unit handles low-volume hazardous waste collected from households, contractors, and small quantity generators
Municipal waste handlers are able to meet safety, economy and security objectives in the collection and storage of small quantity hazardous wastes ranging from paints and pesticides to cleaners and motor oils, with the Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Unit™ from SAFETY STORAGE. The pre-fabricated Municipal Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Unit features a compact, ...
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Hughes Safety Showers Joins the Justrite Family
Hughes Safety Showers Ltd joins the Justrite Manufacturing Co. family of industrial hazardous safety and environmental spill containment products. Hughes, a leading industrial safety shower and eyewash company, expands the Justrite product range for its customers in workplace safety, which includes laboratory, process or full-scale production environments. “Hughes is a perfect complement ...
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EPA proposes tightening standards for lead-safe renovation practices and lead paint dust to protect children
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is marking National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week by announcing several actions the agency proposes to take to prevent lead poisoning. Lead poisoning may cause a variety of adverse health effects, including brain and nervous system disorders, high blood pressure, and hypertension. Children six years old and under are most at risk. EPA has issued a ...
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Electronic Recyclers International Partners with New York City for “e-cycleNYC” Program, Other Green Initiatives
New York City Sanitation Commissioner John J. Doherty announced yesterday the launch of e-cycle NYC, a new residential electronics recycling program in partnership with Electronic Recyclers International (ERI), the nation’s leading recycler of electronic waste. The e-cycleNYC program is one of several green initiatives ERI is working with New York City to provide to residents, and will ...
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National lab reports violations of hazardous waste permit
An extensive review at one of the nation's premier federal laboratories has turned up violations in how the lab handled hundreds of containers of radioactive waste over the past decade. The latest revelations are on top of the permit violations Los Alamos National Laboratory first reported last year in the wake of a radiation release at the federal government's underground nuclear waste dump in ...
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Suits claim Love Canal still oozing 35 years later
Thirty-five years after Love Canal's oozing toxic waste scared away a neighborhood and became a symbol of environmental catastrophe, history could be repeating itself. New residents, attracted by promises of cleaned-up land and affordable homes, say in lawsuits that they are being sickened by the same buried chemicals from the disaster in the Niagara Falls neighborhood in the 1970s. "We're ...
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EPA issues national guidance to address proper maintenance, removal, and disposal of PCB-containing fluorescent lights
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released guidance recommending that schools take steps to reduce potential exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures. The guidance, part of EPA’s ongoing efforts to address potential PCB exposures in schools, is based on evidence that the older ballasts contain PCBs that can leak when the ballasts fail, leading to ...
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Rich and poor nations should link up to recycle e-waste
A global system can tackle e-waste until developing countries can do so themselves, say Ruediger Kuehr and Feng Wang. Since the 1990s, electrical and electronic equipment have revolutionised people’s lives. And with ever-increasing technological innovation, their lifetimes are, on the whole, decreasing. This means that electronic waste — or e-waste — is a fast-growing waste ...
By SciDev.Net
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