Recently a dream came true for me. I had the opportunity to participate in a guided tour through the waste incineration plant in Cologne. That may seem strange. Sometimes I catch myself when I get stuck on documentary programs about recycling methods in the (rare) zapping through the TV channels. Obviously this topic fascinates me. […]

The figure was revealed in the Alice Springs regional waste management facility report for October. The dead pet you asked the vet to dispose of will end up buried in landfill, in most places across the country, and Alice Springs is no different. “It’s a combination of horses, dogs, cats, pigs, any animal that dies,” […]

The first of many public meetings concerning the disposal of more than 15 million pounds of M6 propellant at Camp Minden drew close to 150 concerned citizens and officials to the Minden Civic Center Thursday night. There, they learned the agreement reached between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army, which will fund […]

Patients with this debilitating virus produce 440 gallons of medical waste daily, including instruments, gowns, gloves, body fluids, sheets, mattresses and more. That’s a substantial amount of medical waste in any situation, but it’s especially daunting in this case because it needs to be disposed of extremely cautiously, to avoid the risk of spreading infection. […]

Medical Waste Removal Companies Medical Waste Service Suggestions There are different types of wastes that people need to be conscious about in order to avoid exposure to this waste that may cause health illnesses and diseases. One of the most dangerous types of waste that people need to get rid of is hazardous wastes. These […]

A single Ebola patient treated in a U.S. hospital will generate eight 55-gallon barrels of medical waste each day. Protective gloves, gowns, masks and booties are donned and doffed by all who approach the patient’s bedside and then discarded. Disposable medical instruments, packaging, bed linens, cups, plates, tissues, towels, pillowcases and anything that is used […]

The Board of County Commissioners struck down plans Thursday for a regional waste-to-energy incinerator, opting to haul the county’s waste to a landfill with a short-term contract instead. In a 3-2 vote, Commissioners President Blaine Young and commissioners Kirby Delauter and David Gray voted to kill the $471 million incinerator project by canceling the contract […]

The Greater Vancouver Sewerage and Drainage District is suing Maxxam Analytics International Corp. and Covanta Burnaby Renewable Energy ULC for allegedly failing to properly test fly ash samples from the district’s waste-to-energy facility in Burnaby. The district filed a notice of civil claim in BC Supreme Court on October 16. Covanta, according to the claim, […]

PESHAWAR: Even with clear rules which state hospital waste must be incinerated within 24 hours of its collection, incinerators at two major hospitals in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) are out of order and the waste is dumped outside the hospitals. According to data collected by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 15 to 20 tons of hospital waste […]

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