Biomedical waste is generated from hospitals and animal houses and mainly consists of: • Human Anatomical Waste. • Microbiology & Biotechnology Waste. • Discarded Medicines & Cytotoxic Drugs. • Soiled plaster castes, blood More...

The County of Hawai‘i Department of Environmental Management will be conducting Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events at its Hilo and Kailua-Kona (Kealakehe) Recycling & Solid Waste Transfer Stations in June. The Hilo HHW Collection Event More...

MANITOWOC — Residents, farms and businesses can dispose of hazardous materials safely during Manitowoc County's 2010 Hazardous Waste Clean Sweep on May 14 and 15, according to a news release from the Manitowoc County Recycling Center. Items su More...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has set the guidelines on the use of waste materials to promote the utilization of alternative fuels and raw materials in the production of cement. DENR Secretary Horacio Ramos cited that cem More...

For years, power and coal companies have been freely dumping toxic coal ash into unlined landfills and unsafe ponds. Coal ash is hazardous waste from coal-fired power plants filled with dangerously high levels of arsenic, selenium, mercury and other More...

State environmental regulators have issued a $1,800 fine to ITT Night Vision in Roanoke County for improperly storing hazardous waste. About 10 gallons of isopropanol, a flammable solvent, were dumped into a tank at the Plantation Road facility in Oc More...