Fires involving materials being stored or processed in bulk can have severe impacts on the local communities and the environment. It is important that site managers at municipal recycling facilities (MRFs) are aware of all the potential fire hazards that exist on their sites in order for them to produce a comprehensive fire safety plan and an effective risk assessment. This article is intended ...

2 On December 11, 1980 the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter, creating the federal gov-ernment's program to clean up the nation's uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. It quickly became clear, however, that the new Superfund program could not address all of the hazardous waste disposal sites being discovere...

Ultimately, hundreds of billions of dollars of public and private funds will be spent in the US in hazardous chemical site (Superfund and closed RCRA facilities) investigation and remediation. A critical review of the adequacy of remediation of many of these sites that are “closed” in accord with RCRA and/or CERCLA requirements as being interpreted by regulatory agency staff/boards and principl...

Introduction With the introduction of the EC Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (2002/96/EC), the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC), and Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC), the onus is on retailers and manufacturers to reduce their waste output and better manage their respective log...

Brazil, like many emerging countries, has experienced a fast growth in the demand for automobiles in recent decades. This has produced a significant increase in the amount of hazardous waste to be disposed of, including used lubricant oil. Restrictive regulations are being used by many nations to deal with this problem, focusing on treatments, such as recycling, to avoid resource depletion. Spe...

Cement manufacturing is a high energy consuming and highly polluting process. Cement producers are trying to reduce the energy and environmental costs by using alternative fuels and raw materials through their research and development. Alkaline environment, high temperature and long processing time allow cement kiln to burn a wide range of waste and hazardous materials. This paper summarizes an...

PURPOSE The implementation of a safety program for handling hazardous drugs in a community hospital is described. SUMMARY A committee of representatives of the departments of pharmacy, nursing, human resources, safety, radiology, performance improvement, employee health, and environmental services and members of the hospital administration was formed to formally address the management of haza...