Lithium-ion batteries and devices containing these batteries should NOT go in household garbage or recycling bins. To prevent fires, tape battery terminals and/or place lithium-ion batteries in ...

Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Household hazardous waste ...

Many industrial processes have the potential to produce hazardous waste. To help potential hazardous waste generators identify if they produce hazardous waste, EPA provides examples of hazardous ...

For many businesses, daily activities necessitate the use of hazardous substances. To use and store them safely, it is critical to recognize the risks they pose and to meet the highest levels of ...

Unlike other fire department calls, however, a hazmat incident is a low-probability, high-threat, mammoth-resource, huge-consequence and multijurisdictional situation. Successful resolution of a ...

In the latest step of federal regulation of so-called “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has denied industry ...

Investigators digging through Tesla’s trash discovered hazardous waste violations at more than 100 facilities. Investigators digging through Tesla’s trash discovered hazardous waste violations at more ...

The Association of State And Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has issued a June 2025 document titled: ASTSWMO 2025 HAZARDOUS WASTE FUNDING FACT SHEET (“Fact Sheet”). The Fact ...

A record-breaking number of people worked to meet the Feb. 25 debris clearance deadline set by the Trump administration after the January fires About one-third of properties damaged in the Eaton and ...