Katherine Gallagher is a writer and sustainability expert. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Chapman University and a Sustainable Tourism certificate from the GSTC. Household hazardous waste ...

With 15 regulations or directives under discussion, there was intense European Union (EU) activity to regulate and prevent production of waste, but no answer to an important question, said senior ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed a new definition of solid waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) designed to encourage recycling and to streamline ...

Guidance for the aggregates sector over how definition of waste legislation will apply to the use of inert wastes has been produced by the Waste and Resources Action Programme. The guidance comes in ...

Universal wastes are waste streams that meet the definition of a hazardous waste but are very common and can be easily recycled. Universal waste includes: Batteries Pesticides Mercury-containing ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Prize winning business and health care journalist who writes about the future of food, sustainability and plant-based eating. May ...

Defra has launched a consultation on draft guidance which aims to outline exactly how recent legal rulings and legislation such as the revised Waste Framework Directive relate to the legal definition ...

CL:AIRE (Contaminated Land: Applications in Real Environments) has recently come a step closer to finalising its voluntary code of practice on the definition of waste. CL:AIRE – a not-for-profit ...

A recycling depot in Adelaide's north, where several fires have broken out, has gone on trial for allegedly breaching its licence conditions. Adelaide Resource Recovery (ARR) is being prosecuted by ...