From a past attendee of one of my Training Seminars – now defunct – on May 19, 2015: Dan, I seem to recall hearing that the EPA does not like the telescoping boxes for used lamps. I can only assume…
Labeling Universal Waste Containers for On-Site Storage
Both large quantity handlers and small quantity handlers of universal waste are required to identify the universal waste by one of three options: Universal Waste… Waste… Used… The name of the universal waste that follows will depend on its type.…
What’s Wrong With This Picture? Errors Made by Generators of Universal Waste
The universal waste regulations of the USEPA provide an option for generators of certain hazardous waste to manage them according to a lower regulatory standard: The Universal Waste Regulations. To take advantage of this “de-regulation” of a hazardous waste, generators…
The Management of Universal Waste in Wisconsin
Clean up of Broken Fluorescent Lamps
If you have ever handled a fluorescent lamp you know how fragile they are and how easy it is to break one. I myself have a – rather embarrassing – memory of dropping a box of approximately thirty 4′ long…
The Identification and Management of Universal Waste in Kentucky and Ohio
HOUSEHOLD MEDICATION DISPOSAL EVENT AT THE STATE CAPITOL – TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
Summer is moving fast and the Michigan Pharmacists Association (MPA) annual medication collection at the Capitol is upon us again. Clean out your medicine cabinet and bring your unused, unwanted, or expired household medications to the south Capitol lawn for safe…
Executive Recycling Company And Executives Sentenced For Fraud And International Environmental Crimes
July 23, 2013 DENVER – Executive Recycling, Inc. (a corporation) and Brandon Richter, age 38, of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, the owner and chief executive officer of Executive Recycling, were sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez for their…
Options Under RCRA for Crushing Spent or Used Lamps
It can be safely assumed that every residential, commercial, and residential structure in the US generates some kind of spent lamp or bulb during its operation. Disposal of these lamps or bulbs is regulated by both Federal USEPA and state…