Pharmaceutical waste was one of the most awkward fits in the traditional hazardous waste rules. Hospitals and pharmacies generate small amounts of many different drugs, some of which are listed…
Mercury turns up across ordinary commercial buildings, mostly in places nobody thinks about. Fluorescent tubes, compact fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps, older thermostats, tilt switches, manometers, thermometers, and some medical…
Paint waste shows up in more businesses than people expect. Contractors, manufacturers, auto body shops, property managers, schools, municipalities, and retailers all generate it. The streams are varied: leftover cans,…
Used oil is generated by almost every business with vehicles, machinery, or hydraulic equipment. Fleet operators, repair shops, manufacturers, construction companies, and facilities maintenance teams all produce it, often in…
Aerosol cans are one of the most common hazardous waste streams in American businesses, and one of the most commonly mishandled. Paint, lubricants, cleaners, degreasers, adhesives, pesticides, and personal care…
Universal waste is one of the few places in environmental regulation where the compliant path is also the cheaper one. It is a streamlined set of rules for common hazardous…
Laboratory waste breaks the assumptions behind most hazardous waste programs. Industrial waste tends to be a few streams in large volumes. Lab waste is the opposite: hundreds of small containers,…
The Uniform Hazardous Waste Manifest is the document that follows a shipment of hazardous waste from your dock to its final destination. It is the practical expression of cradle-to-grave liability:…
Generator status is the single variable that sets almost everything else about your hazardous waste program. It determines how long you can hold waste on site, what training your staff…
Accumulation violations are among the most frequently cited findings in RCRA inspections, and they are almost never the result of anyone deciding to break a rule. They happen because a…