The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that in the United States alone, manufacturing, chemical, and automotive plants account for more than 1.6 billion empty aerosol cans a year. That’s acres upon acresRead More…
Each industry has its own unique hazardous wastes and materials that it produces. Each bi-product of the business has a specific way that it should be handled for proper disposal. It mayRead More…
Many homes as well as commercial facilities have stockpiled chemicals that are expired, or they have an excess of these chemical containing materials. It may have been held for so long thatRead More…
In our last blog, What Defines a Hazardous Material, we began to discuss the different definitions of hazardous waste and materials based on the regulating agency that is defining them. Part ofRead More…
A hazardous material is any item or agent (biological, chemical, radiological, and/or physical) that has the ability to cause harm to humans, animals, or the environment. This could be as a resultRead More…
Hazardous Waste Management should never be taken lightly. It is extremely important to address the different types of disposal, recycling and handling, as well as the transportation interaction with care and concern. OverRead More…
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requires that large quantity hazardous waste generators present a biennial report detailing all of their hazardous waste activities from the previous generation year. This isRead More…
When shipping hazardous wastes, having a hazardous waste profile with all shipments is necessary. In Maintaining Your Waste Stream Profiles we began to discuss what goes into the creation of a profileRead More…
In Part I, we began discussing waste management violations, and you learned what the top 5 most common violations are within the hazardous waste industry. 6. Failure to maintain compliant storage conditionsRead More…
In our last blog, Top 4 Hazardous Waste Container Violations, we began discussing some violations that can occur when storing your hazardous waste. The main reasons people schedule hazardous waste pickups isRead More…