Stringent Government Regulations Lead to Advances in Hazardous Waste Management
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PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5  /PRNewswire/ -- Due to stringent government regulations, the use of landfill and incineration is slowly decreasing, especially in the case of hazardous waste management. However, the concept of producer responsibility is still at nascent stages.
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SINGAPORE : A government-initiated plan to upgrade the technology used by logistics players is paying off. The plan involves getting industry players to develop tags using Radio Frequency Identification or RFID technology.
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Improved safety and lobbying can lead to improved performance.
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By JOHN ARNOLD Journal Staff Writer  The Environment Department plans to issue a longawaited permit that will regulate hazardous waste at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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After a '90s lull, the greenhouse gas is rising fast, but drying wetlands are making the situation look better than it is, researchers say.
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U.S. environmental regulators issued new standards on Friday to reduce the amount of cancer-causing emissions from gasoline, vehicles operating in cold weather and portable gas cans.
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MILTON, Ont. (CP) - Manufacturers, importers and other industries are on notice about 17 more toxic substances the federal government wants to better control.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c49651)  has announces the addition of Frost & Sullivan's  new report Advances in Hazardous Waste Management to their offering.
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The government is studying a major overhaul of how to test the safety of chemicals, to see if robotic machinery can predict what is toxic as well as animals do.
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As developing countries like Albania tap into a booming tourist industry, waste becomes a more acute problem.
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By Annette Cary, Tri-City Herald, Kennewick, Wash.  Feb. 1--The state of Washington is warning the Department of Energy that it could issue fines after DOE failed to have enough Hanford waste approved for shipment to a national repository in 2006.
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By Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop  Development is not always a one-way process of environmental destruction.
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SPECIALIST advice on how to reduce the use and generation of hazardous substances is now available to North West manufacturers of a wide range of chemical products including paints, plastics, adhesives and pharmaceuticals.
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By Jim Myers, Tulsa World, Okla.  Jun. 8--WASHINGTON -- A new federal rule will encourage commercial uses of chat and further the removal of more of the mining waste from the Tar Creek Superfund site, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe says.
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The study raises questions of whether environmental standards are strict enough.
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Survey of IT managers found that environmental concerns are becoming important to the bottom line.
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A 'Right to Dry' movement is growing, with some states introducing legislation to override clothesline bans.