This month, the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) posted a video highlighting a new recycling process at Toyota Motor Manufacturing in Buffalo, WV. The process takes fine metal particles…
Land & Waste
Arkansas to Hold Food Waste Conference for Colleges and Universities
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality and the Arkansas Recycling Coalition are holding Reducing Food Waste: A Forum for Colleges and Universities on May 4 in Little Rock. The event…
Texas CEQ Commissioner Spearheads Beach Cleanup
Last week, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Toby Baker led a cleanup at Boca Chica Beach after a promise he made to attendees of last year’s Valley Environmental Summit.…
Texas Uses Mobile Health Monitoring to Cut Costs While Keeping Staff Healthy
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s environmental investigators risk daily exposure to raw sewage and noxious chemicals. To ensure the safety of all field staff and that no inadvertent exposure to…
Tennessee Announces $2 Million in Grants to Reduce Landfill Waste
The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) announced last week plans to award more than $2 million in recycling equipment, recycling rebates, and used oil grants for FY 2017…
District of Columbia Reports Progress on Solid Waste Diversion
The District of Columbia’s Department of Public Works recently released The District’s Fiscal Year 2015 & 2016 Solid Waste Diversion Progress Report, which provides District residents and businesses, the Mayor,…
Arkansas Plans Workshops on Waste Management and Pollution Prevention
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) will present a free webinar on regulated waste management and pollution prevention and three workshops. The two-hour workshops will cover multiple topics including…
Virginia Amends Waste Bulb-Crushing Rules
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recently amended its regulations for universal waste (UW) lamp crushing to include new compliance requirements for UW lamp generators that crush at their…
Washington’s Quick Chemical Assessment Tool
The Quick Chemical Assessment Tool (QCAT) is a simplified chemical hazard assessment tool developed by the Washington Department of Ecology to provide a streamlined method to evaluate potential toxic chemical…
New Hampshire’s Hazardous Waste Coordinator Certification Program
The traditional approach of obtaining environmental compliance through inspection and enforcement has proven to be an effective tool yet is not a complete solution. There are too many facilities in…
