
Emergency Response
What Happens After a Chemical Spill? (Besides Everyone Pointing Fingers)
August 31, 2026
A field guide to the unglamorous, heavily regulated process of cleaning up a mess nobody wanted. Q&As include: Something has […]
February 26, 2015
Why Regulate? The Difficulties in Dealing With Pharmaceutical Waste Waste pharmaceuticals have always been tricky to manage. One difficulty is […]
Continue readingFebruary 24, 2015
Talking about Waste: ‘Toxic’ Vs. ‘Hazardous’ Waste Oftentimes the words we use to describe wastes that can pose an environmental […]
Continue readingFebruary 17, 2015
History of the Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) The Occupation Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) first promulgated the Hazard Communication Standard […]
Continue readingFebruary 12, 2015
Lab Pack Disposal from an Academic Perspective In recent years, the responsibility of safe chemical disposal has shifted from treatment […]
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Hazardous Waste and School Laboratories: the Lab Pack Connection For schools and universities looking to dispose of their lab packs […]
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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Overview The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was passed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]
Continue readingFebruary 3, 2015
Dealing with regulated medical waste (RMW) can pose a problem for both generators, e.g. hospitals, healthcare facilities, general practitioner clinics, […]
Continue readingJanuary 29, 2015
What is a Lab Pack? A ‘lab pack’—also referred to as an ‘over-pack’—in short, is an accumulation of small amounts […]
Continue readingJanuary 27, 2015
A Guide to Dealing With Unknown Hazardous Waste The Consequences and Causes of Unknown Waste Unknown hazardous waste containers are […]
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