asbestos waste News

By European Commission, Environment DG

Asbestos products and waste: new classification system developed

Researchers have presented a comprehensive new classification manual of asbestos-containing products (ACP), materials (ACM) and waste (ACW) in a recent study. They also mapped suitable landfill sites for the proper disposal of ACW in Italy and developed guidance on assigning ACW to correct European Waste Catalogue (EWC) codes. The research will help operators engaged in asbestos waste disposal ...

Jul. 27, 2016

Asbestos Siding on Homes May Expose People to Dangerous Asbestos Fibers

Many homes built between the 1930s and the 1970s were constructed using asbestos siding and shingles on the exterior of the property. Due to the material’s strength, durability and fire resistant properties it was a popular ingredient in both manmade shingles and siding products. Over time, these materials can become damaged and begin to degrade. When this occurs, cancer causing asbestos ...

Sep. 17, 2012

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Asbestos offences cost couple 80,397GBP

Two waste operators who ran an illegal site in Benfleet have today (Fri) been ordered to hand over 80,397GBP compensation, confiscation and fines by Chelmsford Crown Court. A1 Bins and Waste Ltd’s director David John Tuffen and manager Nigel Lee Hickman were given suspended prison sentences in February after Chelmsford Crown Court heard that the company illegally stored waste at Towerfields ...

Jul. 28, 2013

ARI presents at European Asbestos Forum

ARI Global Technologies is due to present at the European Asbestos Forum on 26th September to raise awareness of its innovative technology for recycling asbestos waste. ARI Global Technologies, which is owned and managed by Windsor Integrated Services Group has an innovative patented technology that is setting a worldwide ...

Jun. 19, 2017

By ARI Technologies, Inc - Part of the Windsor Integrated Services Group

New Asbestos Requirements from WorkSafeBC

WorkSafeBC has updated their guidelines for qualified person’s safe work procedures for abatement of asbestos materials during house and building demolition and renovation. Inhalation of asbestos can be very harmful for workers. Asbestos fibers can travel into the body and attack soft tissue. Exposure to asbestos can result in mesothelioma , lung cancer, and ...

Oct. 6, 2013

Solve SEC and CERCLA asbestos liability

At the same time forward-looking industry leaders are challenged by the uncertainties posed by the rising tide of state and federal environmental regulatory requirements, many utilities are engaged in rear guard actions, fighting the regulatory ghosts of industry practices discontinued decades ago. Until the latter part of the 20th century, the marriage of asbestos and the power industry seemed a ...

Aug. 6, 2009

ABCOV® process cleanly destroys asbestos

ABCOV® Process Cleanly Destroys Asbestos By William Mirick, Robert Dvorin and Tony Nocito A major breakthrough has occurred in asbestos disposal: a patented, non-thermal, chemical-physical, Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved process, capable of destroying all forms of asbestos on site, as it is being abated, known as the ABCOV® Method, is now commercially available. Developed over a ...

May 21, 2008

Asbestos Landfill a Concern for Area Residents

LA Testing provides environmental and air testing services to ensure asbestos found in California does not cause health concerns for area residents. Garden Grove, CA, January 31st, 2011 A recent article highlighted the fact that once asbestos has been removed from a building the health concerns caused by the asbestos do not just go away. A California family in ...

Jan. 30, 2011

Solve SEC and CERCLA asbestos liability

At the same time forward-looking industry leaders are challenged by the uncertainties posed by the rising tide of state and federal environmental regulatory requirements, many utilities are engaged in rear guard actions, fighting the regulatory ghosts of industry practices discontinued decades ago. Until the latter part of the 20th century, the marriage of asbestos and the power industry seemed a ...

Aug. 6, 2009

ABCOV® process cleanly destroys asbestos

A major breakthrough has occurred in asbestos disposal: a patented, non-thermal, chemical-physical, Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved process, capable of destroying all forms of asbestos on site, as it is being abated, known as the ABCOV® Method, is now commercially available. Developed over a number of years, first in the laboratory at Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, ...

Sep. 22, 2011

Idaho Transportation Department settles with EPA for exposing untrained workers and mishandling asbestos waste during shop renovation

The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for alleged violations of federal asbestos regulations. EPA has alleged that ITD hired inmates from the St. Anthony Idaho Work Camp (Idaho Department of Correction) to perform renovation work involving removal of asbestos-containing floor tile at an ITD Maintenance Shop in ...

Jul. 8, 2014

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Dumped asbestos posed serious health risk

Builder and roofer Mark Alexander Taylor has been found guilty of dumping asbestos sheeting in someone else’s skip and ordered to do 180 hours unpaid work for the community. He was also ordered to pay £1,000 towards Environment Agency costs by a district judge sitting at a trial at Lincoln Magistrates’ Court today (Mon) where Taylor had denied the charge. The court ...

Jul. 28, 2008

Minneapolis Laboratory Earns New Asbestos Accreditation

EMSL Analytical is proud to announce that our laboratory in Minneapolis, MN has been accredited by the Minnesota Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (ELAP) to test for the presence of asbestos in drinking water. According to the ELAP, accredited laboratories have demonstrated the capability to analyze environmental samples using approved ...

Sep. 30, 2013

By ARI Technologies, Inc - Part of the Windsor Integrated Services Group

Rising cost of asbestos disposal causes industry concern

The asbestos removal industry is concerned about the rising cost associated with asbestos disposal according to a recent survey carried out by sister company Windsor Waste Management (WWM). The industry-wide survey carried out in conjunction with ACAD last summer and reported at the end of 2016 looked at the challenges facing the asbestos removal industry and in particular ...

Jan. 16, 2017

Asbestos hazards prompt EPA to halt demolition work

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued two orders to Rock Springs Enterprises Inc. to cease demolition work at the site of a former pottery-manufacturing facility in Chester, Hancock County, W. Va. because of potential health hazards from asbestos and damage to a previously-constructed soil cap at the site. The former owners of the site, Newell Holdings Delaware, Inc., installed an ...

Sep. 17, 2008

Destructive Illinois Fire Leaves Asbestos Concerns for Residents

Last month, a fire destroyed six properties in downtown Minonk, Illinois. The devastating fire took over 100 firefighters to bring it under control and left a large area of destruction in the small community. Along with the immediate concerns caused by the fire, area residents have learned that asbestos has been found in the rubble. According to a report published by the ...

Nov. 20, 2011

By Cochrane & Associates, LLC

Man Receives Jail Time for Illegal Asbestos Removal

Dylan Starnes, an employee of the Atlanta based Environmental Contracting Company, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and three years of probation for improperly ...

Aug. 1, 2007