Some types of waste cost more to manage because they require special handling, transport, or disposal. Learn what drives safe ...

Industries should keep records of waste generation and testing, report any unprecedented events, be prepared to handle emergencies with trained professionals, and have reliable hazardous waste storage ...

Find information about the types of batteries used in households and how to manage them when they are no longer needed. To prevent fires from lithium-ion batteries, tape battery terminals and/or place ...

Each year, people around the world dump a staggering 2.12 billion tons of waste. One of the biggest reasons for this astounding amount of waste is that human beings trash approximately 99% of ...

Who should complete this course? Are you responsible for generating, handling, packing, or electronically signing a manifest requesting hazardous waste for pickup and disposal? If so, it is required ...

Biological waste must be managed separately from chemical waste. A common example of chemical waste that is often mistaken for biological waste is agarose gel contaminated with ethidium bromide or ...

In May 2019, 187 countries decided to significantly restrict international trade in plastic scrap (recyclables) and waste to help address the improper disposal of plastic waste and reduce its leakage ...

Conduct Hazardous Materials (HazMat) investigations and sampling to identify potential contamination in work areas and document risks. Use Ecology's Facility/Site Atlas to identify Ecology regulated ...

Daily solvent use is pretty much a given in a synthetic chemistry lab. In academic laboratories, it’s such an ingrained part of research that chemists might forget that solvents can be serious safety ...