The Department of Toxic Substances Control had argued disposing more waste in state would likely reduce costs and truck ...

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control had planned to weaken rules for hazard waste disposal. An oversight ...

Waste from old landfill sites is spilling onto beaches as rising seas erode coastlines - and some of it is toxic ...

Consumer packaging dumps 19 million metric tons of plastic waste into the environment each year, according to the nonprofit ...

The issues were uncovered during a broader review of hazardous waste management by the DOD in Japan. The units involved — the 374th Airlift Wing and 5th Air Force — have since addressed the ...

A United Nations report found that in 2022, the world generated more than 60 million tons of electronic waste, like outdated cellphones and laptops. That's an 82% increase from just a decade before.

The order follows mounting reports of toxic waste being set ablaze near Khori Khurd village—allegedly by industrial units from Bhiwadi in Rajasthan—causing irreversible harm to local ...

Waste-burning hotspots include IFFCO Chowk, Sector 10, Udyog Vihar, Sector 31, Sector 90 and Sector 85 among others. Locals allege shopkeepers, garbage collectors, sanitation workers and security ...

Photo: Christine Olsson/TT Sweden's biggest environmental crime trial ended with prosecutors calling for the self-proclaimed 'Queen of Trash' and four others to be jailed for six years for illegally ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Lancaster County residents will have the opportunity to take any unwanted chemicals to two no cost, drive-thru, household hazardous waste collection events in May.

and keep toxic metals out of landfills. A United Nations report released last year found that in 2022, the world generated 62 million tons of electronic waste, such as items like outdated cell ...

The talks, which opened on Monday and will run until 9 May, are being held under the Basel Convention, which controls the movement and disposal of hazardous waste. They will also cover chemical ...