I’ve seen it up close: mothers washing clothes in streams tinted with dye, fishermen pulling lifeless fish from once-clear ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines household hazardous waste (HHW) as any unwanted household products that contain corrosive, toxic, ignitable, or reactive ingredients. Examples of ...

Hazardous and Universal Wastes are materials that are no longer in use, and cannot be discarded in general refuse because its properties are harmful to human health or the environment. Common examples ...

If the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s new hazardous ...

California regulators keep tabs on hazardous waste, kind of like how consumers track packages -- even on a short journey. What happens if regulators require less tracking?

A state environmental oversight board voted unanimously to rescind a controversial proposal that would have permitted California municipal landfills to accept contaminated soil that is currently ...

Benton County residents have a new option when it comes to disposing household hazardous waste. The Moderate Risk Waste Facility in Kennewick opened to the public on Wednesday, Aug. 20. Although the ...

Florida residents with storm-generated debris from Hurricane Ian should follow instructions from local officials about sorting materials and placing on the curb for collection. Do not place hazzardous ...

The state EPA considers Reworld a “large quantity” handler and generator of hazardous waste because it annually processes millions of pounds of used oil, batteries, aerosols, paint products and used ...

Hazardous waste is generated from various operations across RIT's campus. Laboratory experimentation and research; photographic processing; printing processes and facility maintenance are just ...

As of July 3, 2023, the process for waste pickup requests transitioned to an online platform: Environmental Health and Safety Assistant (EHSA). EHSA is used to submit waste for chemical, biological, ...