The Environmental Protection Agency has announced a proposed change to federal hazardous waste management regulations that could significantly increase the recovery of metals, solvents and other ...

A Seattle barrel refurbishing company with a history of environmental violations has been fined $150,000 by the Washington ...

Wayne Disposal Inc., one of the largest hazardous waste landfills in the country, is seeking to further expand its facility in Wayne County's Van Buren Township. The landfill's acceptance of toxic ...

Wayne Disposal is licensed to receive 722 types of hazardous waste considered too potentially harmful for disposal in a conventional landfill.

In a downtown Tacoma parking lot behind a statue of a woman holding the city’s skyline in her hands sits an unusual sight. Since at least Sunday, 15 black barrels with neon-yellow toxic-waste symbols ...

Landfill employees in California have filed suit against their employer, alleging a decades-long practice of dumping toxic waste into waterways. According to The New Lede, 15 workers at the Clover ...

EGLE approved expansion of Wayne Disposal Inc.'s hazardous waste landfill, a decision opposed by many due to environmental and public health concerns.

The owner of a now-defunct Ventura County dry cleaning operation has been ordered to pay more than $30,000 for dumping 110 gallons of hazardous waste in Los Angeles County, officials announced this ...

Documents show the industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling's toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn't safe ...

The caustic waste that leaked from the barrels created an extreme environment similar to that of hydrothermal vents, colonized by specialized bacteria that thrive in such harsh conditions. Reading ...