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The Electronic Waste Recycling Act of 2003 (2003 Cal ALS 526) (EWRA) is a California law to reduce the use of certain hazardous substances in certain electronic products sold in the state. [1] The act was signed into law September 2003.
The Valley of the Drums, a toxic waste dump in northern Bullitt County, Kentucky. In the United States, the treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous waste are regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Hazardous wastes are defined under RCRA in 40 CFR 261 and divided into two major categories: characteristic and listed.
Laws vary by state and municipality and they are changing every day. Be sure to check with your local environmental regulatory agency, solid waste authority, or health department to find out how HHW is managed in your area. Modern landfills are designed to handle normal amounts of HHW and minimize the environmental impacts. However, there are ...
California authorities say Walmart, the country's largest retailer, continues to dump hazardous waste in landfills despite a previous enforcement action.
California is in hot pursuit of Walmart Inc. for alleged hazardous waste dumping in municipal landfills totaling more than 80 tons annually. The state filed a lawsuit Monday in an Alameda court ...
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This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles has filed felony criminal charges against Phillips 66, accusing the company's Carson refinery of illicitly dumping oil and grease into the county sewer ...