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The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) defines medical waste in a fairly broad manner. The agency states all waste materials generated in a healthcare facility such as blood banks, veterinary hospitals, hospitals, doctor’s offices and clinics, dental offices, as well as laboratories and research facilities is classified as medical waste. The United States spends more than

Standard or typical hazardous wastes found in laboratories have to be appropriately managed under local, state, and federal guidelines. These guidelines have strict rules and regulations regarding the storing, handling, labeling, segregating, and disposal methods of these dangerous waste materials. These are some of the popular hazardous waste material you will find in the liquid

Healthcare workers manage a number of different forms of hazardous medical waste on a daily basis. Defining what those different categories are can be a real challenge for many. The names alone for the various wastes are difficult to identify, which makes it difficult to recognize, categorize and properly dispose of them. What are the

When working in a laboratory, hospital, manufacturing industry, or university, it is extremely important that you understand the importance of how to handle small containers of potentially hazardous materials. The chemicals used as well as paints, solvents, thinners, ink, and numerous other hazardous materials that become waste through your work must be stored, packed, shipped,

A lab pack, also known as an ‘over-pack’ is the gathering of small amounts of listed hazardous chemicals which have been re-packaged safely into an approved lab pack disposal container. The container is normally a fiber or steel fifty-five-gallon drum. The lab pack’s purpose is to facilitate disposing of the chemicals properly under federal regulations.

Land reclamation has become a common operation to create valuable land in coastal areas. The impact of this process on coastal environments and marine ecology has been widely studied and is well recognized. Remediation and How You Can Reclaim the Environment Environmental remediation involves the removal of contaminants or pollutants from the soil, groundwater, surface

In today’s world, almost every activity we do leaves behind some sort of waste. Taking the number of people in the world, which is over 7 billion, the waste created is immense. Then consider what the amount of hazardous waste we generated throw away, which in the United States is more than 7 billion tons

Going through a hazardous waste inspection should always be on your mind because you should always be preparing and conducting proper waste management in your facility. When are aware of and following all the relevant waste management disposal rules, there will be far less to worry about when it’s time for an inspection. When you

Chemicals that comprise pharmaceutical dosage forms are diverse and complex as pharmaceutical waste is not put into one single category. Healthcare professionals have not always focused on waste management which has created several misconceptions on how to properly segregate and dispose of these wastes. These are some of the challenges involved in adequately managing pharmaceutical

Tons of hazardous waste materials are disposed of every day,  and unfortunately, many of them are not appropriately handled. This improper handling will come back to haunt us through the damage it causes to the environment where we live and to our health. Waste from the small candy wrapper to the container of radioactive waste