Lithium Ion batteries are a serious fire hazard in waste management facilities. Operators and industry representatives therefor call for better collection systems and the implementation of a deposit system.
Veolia records one preventable fire a day from residents putting dangerous items in bins. To prevent those incidents, the company started a...
With the rise of self-injection medications and people injecting them not only at home, but of course also in public restrooms, comes the...
Smartphones, tablets and laptops contain lithium-ion batteries. They contain liquid electrolytes that trigger chemical reactions when...
Li-ion batteries are prized for their high energy density and rechargeability, making them ideal for use in everything from smartphones and...
The draft rule would reduce the open burning and open detonation of waste explosives, such as fireworks, ammunition and flares, which the...
The volume is still manageable. But the more electric cars there are on Europe's roads, the greater the number of discarded batteries that...
Electric vehicles (EVs) may reduce emissions, but the lithium-ion batteries on which they run pose a unique sustainability challenge.
The European Council adopted a new regulation that strengthens sustainability rules for batteries throughout their entire life cycle. The...
As bottom ash recycling becomes the norm, the fly ash generated during the combustion process seems to be forgotten. But instead of...
At the recently held IFAT Eurasia a panel discussion following a workshop on disaster waste focused on how to deal with this special sort...
The International Solid Waste Association recently held a workshop on disaster waste management at IFAT Eurasia. Here's a short summary of...
When talking about healthcare waste we usually think about hazardous waste and plastic waste. Anaesthetic gases hardly ever make the list....
EPA wants to list certain PFAS as hazardous substances. The waste management industry fears expensive lawsuits but might find help in new...
The European Parliament has voted in favour of stricter control measures for waste shipments and a ban on plastic waste exports, whereas...
The goal of the MIRECO platform is to make the use of high-quality, recycled raw materials possible by means of a circular economy and to...
The MEPs call for stricters rules to to protect the environment and human health. To this aim they want that waste shipped outside the EU...
Green Science Alliance developed a procedure to extract rare metal such as cobalt, nickel and manganese from cathode and black mass of...
The Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal to strengthen sustainability rules for...
Li-Cycle launches global strategic partnership with VinES, a battery and cell pack manufacturer and a member company of Vingroup, the...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented rise in health care waste around the globe. Now the Government of Japan and the United...
Parties to the Basel Convention at their 15th meeting (COP15) held in Geneva agreed by consensus to the "Swiss-Ghana Amendments,"...
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