Tag: Environmental Protection Agency

August 31, 2021

The state of Ohio’s Environmental Protection Agency has been trying to mitigate odors coming from Sunny Farms Landfill outside Fostoria, Ohio. Residents have complained about the smell of rotten eggs. In turn, the agency installed an open flare system, which […]

March 2, 2021

Alaska is set somewhat in a world of its own when it comes to its geography, and it’s also set apart in how it manages solid waste, largely because of that unique landscape. The far northwest state is two and […]

January 28, 2021

The second day of virtual WASTECON closed with a keynote session about the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) strategy to increase the nation’s recycling rate. Tim Flanagan, SWANA board vice president and Monterey Regional Waste Management District general manager, led a […]

December 10, 2020

Calculating recycling rates is no easy, straightforward task, especially when it comes to consolidating figures to come up with a national number. The stats come from multiple sources with different number-crunching methods. Reading and writing these reports is more an […]

November 19, 2020

America’s recycling rate was “well below” 10% in 1970 at the inception of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler told attendees of the third annual America Recycles Summit. The establishment of the agency allowed Americans and the […]

November 9, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has completed nearly 90 percent of the clean-up of the hazardous household waste from Oregon’s Almeda Fire. However, two-thirds of property owners have not completed the necessary Right of Entry forms for the clean-up to […]

June 30, 2020

Today, Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) releases its white paper on “Textile Recovery in the U.S.: A Roadmap to Circularity,” which highlights the current state of textile waste in the U.S. and outlines “a future-state system in which textiles are recovered […]

October 21, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to authorize changes California has made to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), as amended. According to the Federal Register, EPA reviewed California’s application for authorization of […]

October 11, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting North Carolina final authorization for changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), according to the Federal Register. The agency published a proposed rule on August 23 […]

September 27, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting Ohio final authorization for changes to its hazardous waste program under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The agency published a proposed rule in the Federal Register on June 11 and provided […]

September 27, 2019

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted an information collection request (ICR) for the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Commercial and Industrial Solid Waste Incineration (CISWI) Units to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. […]

August 22, 2019

New guidance issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Aug. 20 to help states prepare for the second implementation period of the federal regional haze program puts emphasis on “discretion and flexibilities” they can use to comply with long-standing […]

February 26, 2019

With the opioid epidemic and a forthcoming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule around hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical waste management has become a front-and-center issue for hospitals and pharmacies. They must comply with rigorous, sometimes confusing, and varied sets of […]

November 2, 2018

Comments filed on the EPA’s proposed Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule this week demonstrate how the utility industry is quietly fighting against pollution regulations on coal plants even as it transitions to a heavier reliance on natural gas and renewables. […]

August 17, 2018

While the food industry struggles to meet increasing global production demands, more food reaches U.S. landfills and incinerators than any other waste, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In an effort to help solve this problem, Full Harvest, […]