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Wisconsin Waste Management Company Faces $367K Fine for Endangering Workers
Jul 22 2024 // Had John’s Disposal Service Inc. and John’s Recycling Inc. in Franksville, Wisconsin followed federal safety standards, a temporary maintenance worker might not have suffered severe injuries when their jacket...
Communities Can’t Recycle or Trash E-Cigarettes. So What Happens to Them?
Oct 20 2023 // With the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, communities across the U.S. are confronting a new vaping problem: how to safely get rid of millions of small, battery-powered devices that are considered hazardous...
New Battery Recycling Plant Deepens Kentucky’s Ties to Electric Vehicles
Sep 28 2023 // A recycling facility will be built in Kentucky to shred electric vehicle batteries in a $65 million venture between American and South Korean companies that will supply material for a separate battery-related operation in...
Ohio Train Derailment Illuminates Waste Disposal Predicament
Apr 12 2023 // When word surfaced that soils and liquids laced with chemicals from the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment were being sent to southeastern Michigan for storage, local residents and politicians were livid. “People...
Maryland AG Files Environmental Complaint Against Recycling Firm for Open Dumps
Jan 27 2023 // Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has filed a civil complaint, on behalf of the Maryland Department of the Environment, against World Recycling Co. and three related entities (WRC). The complaint, filed in the...
EPA Will Help Extinguish Alabama Landfill Fire
Jan 20 2023 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is stepping in, at the request of Alabama officials, to help extinguish an underground landfill fire that has been burning in the state for nearly two months, Gov. Kay Ivey...
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