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Jan. 15, 2007

By Ambiental Mente Ltda.

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. 6, 2008

By British Columbia Environment Industry Association (BCEIA)

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 6, 2009

By GLOBE Foundation

Laboratory to improve hazardous waste monitoring

In a bid to protect the coastal environment of West Africa from hazardous waste, a modern laboratory has been set in Abidjan, Côte d"Ivoire, to improve the port"s waste monitoring standards. The laboratory which was formally handed over to the Côte d"Ivoire"s ministry of environment, is equipped to test for hazardous waste from ships entering the West African port. The laboratory ...

Jun. 30, 2010

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 8, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

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. 7, 2012

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Mitsubishi and Tetronics to tackle hazardous waste from aluminium industry

A new collaboration partnership will see Mitsubishi Corporation and Tetronics working together to treat the problematic Spent PotLiner (SPL) hazardous waste that is routinely generated during the manufacturing of aluminium. Tetronics Ltd., a leader in the supply of Direct Current (DC) plasma waste recovery plants for the treatment of hazardous waste and metal recovery, announced the signing of a ...

Feb. 3, 2011

By Tetronics (International) Limited

Waste Industries Completes Refinancing

Regional solid waste services company Waste Industries USA, Inc. successfully completed a refinancing of its existing credit facility with a $750 million senior secured credit facility, consisting of a $325 million revolving facility due 2016 and a $425 million term loan B due 2017. The proceeds were used to refinance existing borrowings and pay related fees and expenses. ...

Mar. 22, 2011

By Waste Industries

Fort Lewis Agrees to Pretreat Hazardous Wastes

OLYMPIA, Washington (ENS) - The Washington Department of Ecology and Fort Lewis have agreed to eliminate potential discharges of hazardous wastes to the Fort's wastewater treatment plant. The memorandum of understanding signed Tuesday outlines the steps and timeline Fort Lewis will follow to develop and implement a pretreatment program for any industrial wastes generated by the Fort and other ...

Jun. 11, 2007

By Environment News Service (ENS)

Weather Station Customization for Hazardous Waste Disposal

Columbia Weather Systems offers software and hardware customization for applications whose weather monitoring requirements aren’t met by our standard systems. US Ecology Idaho is just such a case. The company’s Grand View, Idaho facility treats and disposes hazardous waste, non-hazardous industrial waste and low-activity radioactive ...

Sep. 16, 2013

By Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.

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. 4, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Hazardous Waste – March 2017 Safety Meeting

Every year, 3.36 billion pounds of toxic waste is disposed of or released into the environment. It is important your company has a waste management plan to ensure workers have access to information on proper disposal procedures. Hazardous Waste, the March 2017 safety meeting topic, will give you, your company, and its employees valuable information regarding hazardous waste. ...

Feb. 1, 2017

By PEC Safety

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. 12, 2008

By GLOBE Foundation

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 ...

Sep. 1, 2009

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Tests underway to retrieve underground hazardous waste at Dounreay

One of the most demanding clean-up jobs ever undertaken in the history of nuclear energy is gathering pace. It involves the recovery and packaging of more than 1500 tonnes of radioactive waste that has lain submerged for up to 50 years in the ground beneath Britain’s abandoned experiment with fast reactors at Dounreay. Tests are underway in Scotland, Germany and the USA to develop the ...

Sep. 24, 2009

By Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL)

Council agreements on air quality directive, hazardous waste

Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas welcomed the political agreement by the Environment Council on the comprehensive new EU directive on air quality as well as its conclusions on hazardous waste movements. The air quality directive will for the first time regulate airborne levels of harmful fine dust particles, while also giving Member States some flexibility if they face difficulties in ...

Nov. 23, 2006

EPA Fines Wharton Chemical for Hazardous Waste Violations

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently conducted a compliance evaluation of Wharton Chemical in Hungerford, Texas. The evaluation revealed violations of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) related to the storage and handling of hazardous waste at the facility. The company will pay a $230,000 civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated RCRA, and taking steps to ...

Mar. 10, 2015

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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. 5, 2009

By Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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. 12, 2013

By Harden Industries Ltd.

EPA proposes adding hazardous pharmaceutical waste to universal waste rule

To help provide a streamlined system for disposing of hazardous pharmaceutical waste that is protective of public health and the environment, the US Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add hazardous pharmaceutical waste to the Universal Waste Rule. The proposed rule encourages generators to dispose of pharmaceutical waste that is classified as non-hazardous under the Resource ...

Nov. 21, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

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