What are microplastics? Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that are small and durable. These particles can accumulate in water, soil, air and living organisms, raising both environmental ...

Restaurants across Los Angeles are continuing to adjust how they manage used cooking oil as waste regulations in LA ...

In dark corners and supply closets in firehouses across Maryland sit gallons upon gallons of a toxic firefighting foam that firefighters can no longer use. In 2022, the state legislature passed a law ...

Transform your kitchen into an eco-friendly space with essential zero waste items. These tools help minimize waste while ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

No two chemical spills are identical. The substance involved, the volume released, the location, the proximity to drainage ...

Scientists have used the power of AI to analyze and predict the conversion of liquid radioactive waste into solid glass waste ...

Turning environmental waste into useful chemical resources could solve many of the inevitable challenges of our growing amounts of discarded plastics, paper and food waste, according to new research.

There have been incidents at Purdue University involving the improper disposal of empty chemical containers that resulted in bodily injury as well as trash fires. In two other incidents, residual ...

Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy Suzanne Dahl has worked to treat radioactive tank waste at the Hanford cleanup site in southeast Washington for more than 30 years. For Dahl, the tank waste ...

Which biohazard waste container is best? Have you ever noticed the special trash bins at medical offices or hospitals? They’re actually specialized receptacles called biohazard waste containers, and ...