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Submit your abstract on Environmental Forensics applied to Waste Management and contaminated sites
In the last years, the increasing attention to the environment themes with a specific attention to the pollution, to the legal responsibilities of it and to the effects on the human health has created the condition for the development of a new discipline: the “Environmental Forensics”. The environmental investigation is a very peculiar frontier among the forensic disciplines ...
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Solinst demonstrates equipment at GOwen course
pOn the afternoon of May 6, a href=http://www.contaminatedsite.com/ target=_blankGOwen Environmental Ltd./a, along with AEHS and IAH, hosted an outdoor field demonstration session as part of an annual 5-day course on Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management. Always a well organized and informative event for over 100 attendees, Solinst Canada Ltd. was very pleased to be included as a ...
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Solinst demonstrates equipment at GOwen course
On the afternoon of May 6, GOwen Environmental Ltd., along with AEHS and IAH, hosted an outdoor field demonstration session as part of an annual 5-day course on Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management. Always a well organized and informative event for over 100 attendees, Solinst Canada Ltd. was very pleased to be included as a demonstrator for another year. Course attendees included ...
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Maxxam’s Bryan Chubb provides expert training on environmental forensics and analytical chemistry
We are pleased to announce that Bryan Chubb, Vice President of Business Development for Environmental Services at Maxxam, will give a lecture on Enviro nmental Forensics and Analytical Chemistry Requirements at the GOwen Contaminated and Hazardous Waste Site Management Course in Toronto (June 2 to 4, 2014). With 16 years of industry experience, Bryan leads Maxxam’s R&D committee and ...
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New online forum increases public’s access to EPA
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an online discussion forum designed to enhance communication between EPA and the public on contaminated sites, waste management, and recycling issues. The forum, which is a public comment board, is another important component in EPA’s ongoing efforts to increase transparency and public engagement. The first four discussion topics on the new ...
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EPA Put Out Smoldering Tire Fire at Penuelas, Puerto Rico Site
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that the fire burning underground at the Integrated Waste Management Tire site in Penuelas, Puerto Rico is now fully extinguished and the potential health risks from the smoke have been eliminated. The EPA was able to put out the smoldering fire in a pile of discarded tires at the former tire processing facility by using an excavator to ...
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EPA settles with BNSF Railway Company for improperly handling contaminated soil in North Portland
The BNSF Railway Company has settled with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for mishandling and transportation of contaminated soil from a construction project near the McCormick & Baxter Superfund site on the banks of the Willamette River. The BNSF Railway Company will pay a $37,500 penalty as part of the agreement. Documents associated with today’s action show that BNSF ...
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WIH Resource Group completes Apache County Arizona recycing feasibility study
WIH Resource Group, an Arizona based waste management, recycling (environmental) and transportation / logistical solutions provider, was retained by Apache County Arizona and Blue Hills Environmental located in St. Johns Arizona to conduct a recycling and waste reduction feasibility study on recycling within the County of Apache with special focus on the establishment of a permanent residential ...
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US, Mexico sign agreement addressing high priority border environmental issues
Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson joined Mexico’s Secretary for the Environment and Natural Resources Juan Elvira Quesada to sign the Border 2020 U.S.-Mexico Environmental program agreement. The signing was witnessed by a number of leaders including the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico E. Anthony Wayne, Vice Chairman of the Tohono O’odham Nation ...
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Bankrupt W.R. Grace Puts $32 Million Into Superfund Cleanup
WASHINGTON, DC, December 21, 2007 (ENS) - The global supplier of specialty chemicals W.R. Grace has agreed to a $34 million bankruptcy settlement for cleanup costs at 32 Superfund sites across the country, the U.S. Justice Department said Wednesday. The federal government determined that W.R. Grace contributed to the contamination at these 32 sites. The action settles a bankruptcy claim ...
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New partnership with UNEP
We are proud to announce that econ industries now is an official partner of the United Nations Environmental Programme UNEP in the areas “mercury cell chlor alkali production” and “mercury waste management”. As a UNEP Global Mercury Partner our contribution will contain knowledge transfer in all fields of mercury contaminated site or waste management. Also we are offering ...
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Cleanup plan announced for iron horse park superfund site in Billerica, Mass.
EPA, with support from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, has decided on a sediment cleanup and groundwater monitoring action plan for the Iron Horse Park Superfund Site in Billerica, Mass. The approach is designed to protect public health and the environment at the site. As required under the Superfund law, EPA evaluated potential cleanup alternatives for addressing the ...
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Ecomondo, Mission 2022: To Guide Ecological Transition
The four pillars of the edition: waste management, bio-economy, water treatment, degraded site reclamation Special content: textile hub, environmental protection, sanitisation and start-ups Full programme of conferences organised by the Scientific Committee, chaired by Prof. Fabio Ecomondo, the “beacon” event for ecological transition, is back. The best “green” ...
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India poised for EPR?
12 July 2010 As the e-waste problem soars high in India, a new draft that makes a producer of electrical and electronic equipment responsible for the collection and appropriate disposal of e-waste is underway. Expert fear that the EPR concept may pose greater challenges since the larger cause of environment is missing. It’s time we do not bank totally on producers. Rather, the ...
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