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Hazardous waste in British Columbia

The Government of British Columbia is working with the province’s environment industry to promote increased awareness of an important element of proper environmental stewardship, namely, the proper treatment, transportation and processing of hazardous wastes.The BC Ministry of the Environment is working with the BC Environment Industry Association (BCEIA), a not-for-profit association dedicated ...

Aug. 5, 2008

By British Columbia Environment Industry Association (BCEIA)

Hazardous waste was to be used on farm land

Two companies have today been fined for waste offences involving mixing hazardous used drawing soap with compost to spread on fields. Land Network pleaded guilty to three offences at their site at Sturgate Airfield, Upton in Gainsborough between 3 June 2009 and 25 February 2010. The company admitted accepting hazardous drawing soap as well as welding rod waste, neither of which are biodegradable ...

Sep. 5, 2013

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

Hazardous waste was used in specatator area

Contaminated soil was taken from a former gas works in Attleborough in November 2006 to the racing circuit at Snetterton to form part of a bund to protect spectators, but the soil contained potentially harmful chemicals Swaffham Magistrates’ Court heard today (9/9). The waste should have been taken to a licensed waste site said Mrs Anne-Lise McDonald of the Environment Agency. Two companies were ...

Sep. 11, 2008

By The Environment Agency - England and Wales

‘Edoc for hazardous waste’ being developed

The UK’s four environmental agencies are working together to develop an electronic hazardous waste tracking system to replace the current paper-based consignment note system. A website for Hazdoc, similar to the electronic duty of care (Edoc) service, has been made but the service will not be operational until about 2019-20. This follows four events held in June and July across England, ...

Oct. 27, 2016

By GPT Waste Management Ltd

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Jan. 14, 2007

By Ambiental Mente Ltda.

China: solid and hazardous waste management

Solid waste management, including hazardous waste and electronics waste treatment, has become a key environmental priority in China. The lack of adequate waste treatment facilities and decades of poor management practices, particularly with respect to hazardous wastes, have combined to create a serious threat not only to the environment but also to public health. China’s solid waste can be ...

May 7, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

EPA to act on hazardous waste rules

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the next steps with respect to two hazardous waste rules to respond to concerns raised by stakeholders. These are: the Definition of Solid Waste Rule (DSW) and the Emission Comparable Fuels Rule (ECF). Both the DSW and ECF rules, which were both pushed through during the waning days of the Bush administration, have been criticized as ...

May 5, 2009

By GLOBE SERIES

EU exporting more waste, including hazardous waste

Waste is increasingly moving across EU borders, for recovery or disposal. This is true for waste shipments between EU countries, and also transfers of waste outside the EU, according to a new assessment from the European Environment Agency (EEA). Increasingly stringent and harmonised waste policies in the EU have led countries to transport more waste material elsewhere, for example if ...

Nov. 6, 2012

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Hazardous Waste Disposing System Win the Bidding

Hazardous waste disposing system from HARDEN win the bidding from the Chinese Government on March 11, 2013, BeiJing time. This project mainly for disposing hazardous waste which are poisonous, explosive and combustible. These kind of waste may cause fire or explode if we disposing irrelevancy. An example of such kind of waste are barrels loaded solvent. HARDEN ...

Mar. 11, 2013

By Harden Shredder Machinery Ltd.

Somerset landowner fined for burying hazardous waste

A landowner who buried asbestos and other demolition waste at a farm near Taunton, Somerset, has been ordered to pay £2,334.68 in fines and costs. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. Taunton Magistrates Court heard how Michael James obtained planning permission to convert the farm buildings at Allerford Farm, Taunton, into a mixture of industrial and residential units. James ...

Aug. 31, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

US revises standards for hazardous waste combustion

The US Environmental Protection Agency issued the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for new and existing hazardous waste combustors on October 12, 2005. The April 8, 2008 amendments to this rule revise or clarify several compliance and monitoring provisions in the October 12, 2005 rule. In addition, these amendments correct several omissions and typographical ...

Apr. 29, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Final amendment to the US hazardous waste listing

The US Environmental Protection Agency is amending the F019 hazardous waste listing to facilitate the use of aluminum in automobiles, light trucks and utility vehicles. This action will encourage motor vehicle manufacturers to use more aluminum parts, producing vehicles that are lighter. Lighter vehicles are capable of increased gas mileage and decreased exhaust air emissions, including ...

Jun. 3, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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 will ...

Oct. 8, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Treating old railway sleepers as hazardous waste

Wooden railway sleepers, or crossties, soaked in creosote are used in railway tracks across Europe. However, wooden sleepers are gradually being removed and disposed of, to be replaced with concrete ones. New research suggests that many of the wooden sleepers exceed the critical creosote limit set by the European Union and when they are disposed of they should be treated as hazardous waste. ...

Jul. 10, 2008

By European Commission, Environment DG

EPA Continues Success at Hazardous Waste Sites

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency continued to achieve cleanup progress at the nation's most complex hazardous waste sites during the past year. Superfund, the federal government program that cleans up these sites, completed work at 24 sites during fiscal year 2007 for a cumulative 1,030 sites with construction work completed. Sixty-four sites were made ready for redevelopment by local ...

Nov. 15, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Maine company fined for hazardous waste violations

Oxford Aviation, Inc., of Oxford Maine , a company that refurbishes and refinishes airplanes, has resolved a case involving EPA allegations that the company violated hazardous waste requirements. Following a Sept. 2009 EPA inspection of the Oxford facility, EPA alleged that Oxford violated the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by failing to adequately determine the contents of ...

Mar. 8, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

New Hazardous Waste Web Site launched

In an effort to improve regulatory compliance and general awareness of the legal and technical conditions for the safe management of hazardous wastes, the BC Environment Industry Association, with support from Ministry of Environment, has launched a two-stage Compliance Improvement Project for key industry stakeholders. The first stage ...

Feb. 11, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

Using lasers to detect explosives and hazardous waste

A soldier in a humvee aims a portable device at an abandoned car 50 meters away (more than 150 feet). Pressing a button, a laser in the device fires. She reads a screen, and beckons her patrol to move away quickly. In a lab, a technician is inserting a fragment of a toy into a sample case, inserting it into a machine, and pressing a button. He inserts one fragment after another—each test takes ...

Jun. 4, 2009

By Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Defra presents new strategy for hazardous waste

The Government has launched a new strategy for hazardous waste management in England in a bid to clarify how it plans to divert such waste from landfill and boost levels of reuse and recycling. The strategy has been produced to underpin the practical application of the revised European Union Waste ...

Mar. 18, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

DOT training for CESQG Hazardous Waste Generators

CESQG hazardous waste generators generate very low quantities of hazardous waste and ship them very infrequently. They typically hire qualified waste disposal companies to transport and dispose of these materials. The requirements for the management and disposal of hazardous waste can be found at 40CFR 260-262. The transportation of the materials is regulated by DOT under 49 CFR 170-180. ...

Aug. 4, 2016

By EHS Management Strategies, LLC

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