enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Asbestos abatement - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_abatement

    The asbestos removal may take longer and cost more than the actual demolition. For example, the former seat of parliament of East Germany, the Palast der Republik, was stripped of most of its asbestos between 1998 and 2001, before it was finally demolished starting in 2006. The Utah State Prison underwent a full asbestos removal before its ...

  3. Hazardous waste - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazardous_waste

    "In terms of hazardous waste, a landfill is defined as a disposal facility or part of a facility where hazardous waste is placed or on land and which is not a pile, a land treatment facility, a surface impoundment, an underground injection well, a salt dome formation, a salt bed formation, an underground mine, a cave, or a corrective action ...

  4. Asbestos and the law - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos_and_the_law

    Asbestos abatement (removal of asbestos) has become a thriving industry in the United States. Strict removal and disposal laws have been enacted to protect the public from airborne asbestos. The Clean Air Act requires that asbestos be wetted during removal and strictly contained, and that workers wear safety gear and masks.

  5. Environmental issues in the Philippines - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_issues_in...

    The Philippines is projected to be one of the most vulnerable countries to the impacts of climate change, [5] which would exacerbate weather extremes. As the Philippines lies on the Pacific Ring of Fire, it is prone to natural disasters, like earthquakes, typhoons, and volcanic eruptions.

  6. Landfill tax - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfill_tax

    Standard rate for active waste: £82.60 per tonne [7] Lower rate for inactive waste: £2.60 per tonne; With the Scotland Act 2012, the Scottish Government gained the devolved power to levy its own landfill tax. The Scottish Landfill Tax was introduced by the Landfill Tax (Scotland) Act 2014 and began to be payable on 1 April 2015. [8] [9] [10]

  7. Gate fee - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate_fee

    In the case of a landfill it is generally levied to offset the cost of opening, maintaining and eventually closing the site. It may also include any landfill tax which is applicable in the region. The gate fee differs from the waste removal fee which is the charge levied on people in areas, such as Ireland , where waste collection is not ...

  8. Control of Asbestos Regulations 2006 - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_of_Asbestos...

    The Control of Asbestos 2006 regulations brought together three separate pieces of legislation which covered the prohibition of Asbestos, the control of asbestos at work and asbestos licensing. They prohibited the import, supply and use of all types of asbestos and also continued to ban the second hand use of asbestos products such as asbestos ...

  9. Basel Convention - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basel_Convention

    The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, usually known as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, and specifically to restrict the transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries. [2]