Wastes from hospitals, laboratories, human and animal clinics are considered hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Non-hazardous includes beddings, linens, bandages, and even waste from the kitchen. In ...

Industries should keep records of waste generation and testing, report any unprecedented events, be prepared to handle emergencies with trained professionals, and have reliable hazardous waste storage ...

Each year, people around the world dump a staggering 2.12 billion tons of waste. One of the biggest reasons for this astounding amount of waste is that human beings trash approximately 99% of ...

Each year, people around the world dump a staggering 2.12 billion tons of waste. One of the biggest reasons for this astounding amount of waste is that human beings trash approximately 99% of ...

A primary objective of waste management today is to protect the public and the environment from potentially harmful effects of waste. Some waste materials are normally safe but can become hazardous if ...

For reactors currently operating, the types of waste expected to be generated under the normal operating regime are known and, aside from a few problematic wastes (such as graphite, tritium and ...

Trang Nguyen has received funding and is affiliated with the Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre. Patrick O'Connor has received funding from the Australian Research Council, the South ...

In this Waste360 Q&A, Kristin Aldred discusses existing rules around home healthcare waste disposal and gaps in regulation ...

The waste crisis is devastating our planet. A lot of the stuff we throw gets dumped in landfills. These massive waste disposal sites are often created by destroying forests or inhabitable lands. For ...

Nature sanitises around 38 million tonnes of human waste per year – the equivalent of around £3.2-billion-worth of commercial water treatment. Alison Parker at Cranfield University in the UK and ...