Hazardous Waste

Recycling Old Computers

Recycle Used Computer Monitors and Equipment to Prevent EWaste Recycling old computers is a vital habit for individuals and companies, in order to slow the build-up of dangerous ewaste. The days of leaving used computers to be...

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Trafigura waste victims waiting for compensation (AFP)

AFP/File – A civil protection member of Ivory Coast points at a site polluted with toxic waste at the Akouedo district … ABIDJAN (AFP) – Thousands of victims of toxic waste dumped in Ivory Coast are still waiting for...

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County-wide recycling

Editor's note: This is the third of three articles submitted by the Dalton-Whitfield Regional Solid Waste Management Authority. They can all be found on the Web site through "search our site." Don’t live in the city and don’t...

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DEC gets Niagara message

Public hearing offers criticism of inequity in toxic waste siting LEWISTON — The message to state environmental regulators was clear Thursday night—stop treating Niagara County as New York’s toxic waste dump. What ensued has...

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Research: Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic hazardous waste

Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic hazardous waste, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at San Diego State University say that a single cigarette butt containing a small amount of unburnt tobacco is...

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Contract award: Stafford: non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services

UK-Stafford: non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services SECTION I: CONTRACTING AUTHORITY I.1) NAME, ADDRESSES AND CONTACT POINT(S): Address: Organisation: Healthcare Purchasing Consortium (HPC), Unit 8,...

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Hazardous household waste collection rises in Brown County

Brown County has collected more hazardous household waste this year than any previous year. Wess Damro, the county's recycling manager, said Thursday the previous record of 790.497 pounds of waste collected in 2003 has been...

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Firm suggests fields be taken off DEC list

Further testing of the Horseheads Central School District athletic fields has proved the soil is not contaminated and the firm that conducted the investigation wants the site removed from the DEC's Hazardous Substance Waste...

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Cigarette butts toxic to fish, say researchers

Cigarette butts are toxic to fish and should be labeled as toxic hazardous waste, U.S. researchers say. Scientists at San Diego State University say that a single cigarette butt containing a small amount of unburnt tobacco is...

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Texas Plant Won't Burn Mexican Hazardous Materials

Texas plant known for burning nerve agents won't import, burn Mexican hazardous materials By JOHN McFARLAND Associated Press Writer DALLAS November 19, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press Post a Comment A southeast Texas industrial...

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