hazardous materials handling News
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EPA Honors Hunters Point Family Graduates of Brownfields Job Training Program
Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined the Hunters Point Family in congratulating 22 graduates who completed an environmental career training program. The training is part of EPA’s Brownfields Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training program, and is designed to provide unemployed or under-employed students the broad array of skills and professional ...
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15,000th Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Credential Awarded
The Institute of Hazardous Materials Management (IHMM) announced today that Erik P. Delaney, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, has become the industry’s 15,000th CHMM. The CHMM certification recognizes environmental, health, safety, and security professionals who have demonstrated a high level of knowledge, expertise, and excellence in their field of work, a commitment to public safety and the ...
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Federal Prisons to Self-Police Environmental Violations
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2007 (ENS) – Sixteen federal prisons housing an estimated 20,000 inmates in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia will undergo environmental inspections to see if they are meeting regulations for controlling air and water pollution, and hazardous waste. The Department of Justice Bureau of Prisons will audit its prison facilities in the ...
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High Performance Series 7000/8000 Venturi Scrubbers Are Now Available In A Unique Fully Engineered Integrated Package To Reduce Project Costs
Bionomic Industries, Inc., a worldwide leading manufacturer of proven air pollution abatement, product and heat recovery technologies, has announced availability of their Series 7000/8000 in a new version - a fully integrated pre-engineered package complete with recirculation pump, piping networks, instrumentation, and automated controls - all factory assembled and tested to drastically lower ...
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Parliament backs plans to halt reckless scrapping of old ships
"I want to stress that this is not an attack against India, Bangladesh or Pakistan - the countries that currently practice beaching - but against the dangerous and highly polluting practice of beaching itself, said Carl Schlyter (Greens/EFA, SE), who steered the legislation through Parliament. "This regulation incentivizes these countries to make the necessary investments in proper ship recycling ...
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E-waste: segregate, process, recycle it
Ever thought that your old, cranky electronic appliances could exactly turn out to be fatal for someone? Ever thought that each old dysfunctional appliance that you sold off to your neighbourhood raddiwala could be a major cause for pollution worldwide? This could be history if citizen start accepting e-waste recycling as the alternative. This is the message that cleansweep, an NGO that deals ...
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Identifying Contaminated Soil, Water and Air to Protect the Public as well as Real Estate Investors and Developers in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed a cleanup plan to address contaminated soil at the Pesticide Warehouse I Superfund Site in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The plan includes removing and disposing of contaminated soil from the site and long-term monitoring of the groundwater to protect people’s health. The agency also plans to implement institutional controls to ...
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