ISWA manual shows that disasters and conflicts in West Asia generate vast amounts of hazardous and mixed waste that, if poorly managed, quickly become a second crisis threatening health, the ...

As Hurricane Milton pummeled Florida’s west coast with powerful winds and flooding rain, environmentalists worry it could scatter the polluted leftovers of the state’s phosphate fertilizer mining ...

LOS ANGELES, CA, April 17, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via NewMediaWire-- Since the train derailment in East Palestine which dumped more than 100,000 gallons of highly hazardous materials, there have ...

Wildfires present a range of immediate dangers, but the hazards don’t end when the flames are extinguished. This guide outlines the less obvious, but equally serious, hazardous and toxic materials to ...

The EPA is opening two sites — one in Malibu and the other in Azusa — for the collection and sorting of hazardous materials taken from the recent Palisades and Eaton wildfires. The San Gabriel Valley ...

In recent years, Adana has also experienced a notable rise in fires at plastic recycling facilities. These incidents often ...

Indian authorities moved hundreds of tonnes of hazardous waste remaining more than 40 years after the world's deadliest industrial disaster struck the city of Bhopal, media reported Thursday. The ...

JEFFERSON PARISH, La. (Louisiana Illuminator) – Millions of gallons of oily water and spilled petrochemicals from the Smitty’s Supply fire and explosion have been handled at three different sites, but ...

A convoy of trucks took away 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste from the site of the Bhopal gas tragedy, 40 years after what is regarded as the world’s worst industrial disaster. The trucks left the ...

Alaska might soon regulate its own hazardous waste if the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency authorizes the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s new hazardous waste program. Alaska is ...