EPA considers some leftover household products that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances, or that are corrosive or toxic as household hazardous waste. Products, such as paints, cleaners, oils, batteries, and pesticides can contain hazardous ingredients and require special care when you dispose of them. Safe Management of HHW To avoid the…
It’s hard to imagine that every minute a dump truck worth of plastic enters our oceans—adding up to 11 million metric tons of plastic each year. And it’s even harder to imagine that even though 85% of Americans are frustrated by this reality, we still don’t have national policies in place to tackle the plastic…
Hazardous Waste 101Check out this EGLE video to learn what is a hazardous waste under Michigan’s environmental regulations HHW HazardsCommon household products that are a HHW when discarded are shown below. To see if a material is a HHW, look for words such as ‘warning,’ ‘caution,’ ‘flammable,’ ‘toxic,’ ‘poison,’ ‘corrosive,’ ‘oxidizer,’ etc. on the labels.…
Columbus, Ohio–We all probably have a handful of batteries laying around the house and some of them could probably be thrown away. The Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio (SWACO) said you should never throw any batteries in the trash or recycling bin. This includes your household alkaline batteries, car batteries, power tool batteries, cellphone,…
In the nuclear energy debate, those who oppose its use often cite nuclear waste disposal as one of the biggest disadvantages. Indeed, the highly toxic byproducts of nuclear reactors can remain radioactive for tens of thousands of years. While countries around the world stumble, Finland has come up with a breakthrough solution: bury its nuclear…
Although industrial processes vary broadly, in any plant dusts, grease, slag, metals, residues and cementitious particulates generated during manufacturing can make their way into the wastewater stream, accumulate and even harden in underground pipelines. As a result, plants conduct periodic maintenance to flush debris and sediment from pipes, including breaking up hardened obstructions, to prevent…
The United States is helping to build Guyana’s oil spill response capacity and a virtual risk assessment workshop is set for this month. A release from the US Embassy here yesterday said that the United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Guyana Civil Defence Commission (CDC), with support from the US Department of State’s Energy…
Beaches littered with plastic bottles and wrappers. Marine turtles, their stomachs filled with fragments of plastic. Plastic fishing nets dumped at sea where they can throttle unsuspecting animals. And far out in the Pacific Ocean, an expanse of water more than twice the size of France littered with plastic waste weighing at least 79,000 tonnes.…
CLARK COUNTY, Ohio — Toxic chemicals buried underground are sitting next to a water supply, and Springfield leaders are worried it can leak in. On Synder-Domer Road in Clark County, there’s a locked gate you can’t drive through, but just beyond it is an old landfill Springfield city leaders are concerned about. They said there…
Ann Arbor’s recycling plant was such a mess six years ago that the city shut it down due to safety concerns and fired the private operator. Fast forward to now and the city-owned Materials Recovery Facility at 4150 Platt Road is once again humming with life, now under the management of nonprofit Recycle Ann Arbor.…
