Grace explained: “Many businesses may not realise that improper disposal of hazardous materials – even due to lack of awareness or training – can lead to significant fines or legal action. If your ...

This year’s theme, Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles, focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and ...

Many countries lack the infrastructure to process even a fraction of what is dumped on their shores, leading to increased pollution and hazardous working conditions for waste pickers. Fashion is under ...

Tires without rims will be also be picked up. County officials advise the event is for residential waste only. Business, remodeling, household trash and hazard waste will not be accepted.

WASHINGTON – By 2030, Coca-Cola products will account for an estimated 600 million kg of plastic waste entering the world’s oceans and waterways each year, according to a stark new analysis ...

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection released updated fire-hazard severity-zone maps for Los Angeles County for the first time in over a decade on Monday, adding more than ...

A study, published in Environment International, revealed that employees working in e-waste processing plants have shown significant health changes linked to toxic chemical exposure. This discovery ...

Two months after deadly wildfires razed thousands of homes in the Los Angeles area, Cal Fire has released a new map showing fire hazard severity zones for the entire state. The maps were developed ...

A "potentially hazardous" pyramid-size asteroid is about to zoom past Earth at around 48,000 mph (77,300 km/h) this week as it reaches its closest point to our planet in more than 100 years.

ROCKY HILL, CT (WFSB) - A former public works director was sentenced for illegally disposing hazardous materials ... receiving solid waste at an unpermitted facility, illegal disposal of asbestos ...

The CPSC sued Amazon in 2021, claiming the company failed to properly recall tens of thousands of hazardous items, including flammable children’s pajamas and faulty carbon monoxide detectors.

Their origin was unknown Tuesday afternoon and the symbols appeared to be spray-painted. Each barrel has a green sticker pasted to it that says the barrels contain soil and “non-hazardous waste” and ...