Important update on hazardous waste management — check out this thoughtful piece on evolving standards and practices
#HazardousWaste #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly #Sustainability #GreenChange
#hazardousWaste
Big update in hazardous‑waste management — check out this new move reshaping how hazardous waste is handled globally
Read more https://dev.to/wastify_ai/veolias-acquisition-reshaping-hazardous-waste-management-3lih
#HazardousWaste #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly #GreenChange #Sustainability
Major shift in hazardous‑waste management — take a look at this new acquisition by Veolia Clean Earth changing how waste is handled worldwide
Read more https://blog.wastify.co.uk/veolia-clean-earth-acquisition-hazardous-waste/
#HazardousWaste #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly #GreenChange #Sustainability
Big update in hazardous‑waste management — check out this new move reshaping how hazardous waste is handled globally
Read more https://dev.to/wastify_ai/veolias-acquisition-reshaping-hazardous-waste-management-3lih
#HazardousWaste #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly #GreenChange #Sustainability
Hazardous waste management is evolving — learn how new initiatives are shaping safer, greener waste practices! Read more https://medium.com/@wastifyai/veolias-clean-earth-buy-hazardous-waste-shift-411fbe3e6495
#HazardousWaste #WasteManagement #EcoFriendly #GreenChange #Sustainability
Household #HazardousWaste Station Open
Next date: Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 09:00 AM to 11:00 AM
"The Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Station provides #PaloAlto residents with an environmentally safe, convenient way to dispose of unwanted hazardous household products such as used or expired medication, paints, solvents, fuels, cleaners, pesticides, etc., which contain hazardous substances. The HHW Station is open rain or shine.
Palo Alto residents only, proof of residency is required."
HHW Station Accepted Items
The following items are accepted in the residential HHW Station (in containers no larger than 5 gallons).
Pesticides
Mercury wastes (thermometers, thermostats, switches)
Paints (latex & oil based)
Aerosol cans (full and partially full. Empty aerosol cans go in the blue recycle container)
Medications (no controlled substances)
Gasoline, paint thinner or other fuels and solvents (in non-returnable container)
Fluorescent light bulbs, tubes, and ballasts (ballasts labeled as non-PCB go in the blue recycle container)
Asbestos (wetted and double bagged in bags no larger than three ft. by three ft. by three ft. - 2 bags maximum)
Road flares
Propane and butane cylinders (used for BBQs and camp stoves)
Helium gas cylinders (ex: party time tanks used for filling balloons)
MAPP gas cylinders
Motor oil (in non-returnable container)
Motor oil filters
Antifreeze (in non-returnable container)
Auto batteries
Household batteries (e.g., AAA, AA, C, D, 9-volt, hearing aid, camera) - Lithium and Lithium-ion batteries accepted
Electronics with embedded (not removable) batteries (examples: smart phones, tablets)
Electronic cigarettes / vape devices (tobacco only)
Fire extinguishers
Cooking oil and grease (in non-returnable container)
Cleaners, bleach, pool chemicals
Household injection needles (must be in rigid container with a sealed lid)
Items Not Accepted
Electronic waste
Large gas cylinders (over 5 gallons in size)
Cylinders containing gases other than propane, butane, helium, or MAPP gas
Radioactive wastes
Infectious waste (containing body tissues or fluids)
Controlled substances
Explosive wastes
Marine flares
Fireworks - contact the Fire Department. Call (650) 329-2184.
Ammunition
Pressure treated wood
More dates:
Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday, January 10, 2026 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday, January 17, 2026 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday, January 24, 2026 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Saturday, January 31, 2026 | 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM
FMI (and full calendar):
https://www.paloalto.gov/Events-Directory/Public-Works/Household-Hazardous-Waste-Station-Open
#SolarPunkSunday #HazardousWasteDisposal #HouseholdHazardousWaste
"Since the 1980s, Brett Christophers wrote recently in the LRB, ‘firms have made vast amounts of money by sending the rich world’s #waste to the global South’ – #hazardousWaste at first, joined more recently by discarded electronics, clothes and #plastics. Literal mountains of our rubbish are accumulating on the peripheries of cities such as Accra and Delhi. Waste, like wealth, is unevenly distributed."
https://www.lrb.co.uk/podcasts-and-videos/podcasts/the-lrb-podcast/where-does-our-waste-go
#plasticWaste #wasteExport #electronicWaste #environmentalRacism
CPH Daily Bulletin 10/30/2025
Why a small change in paperwork is generating a big fight over hazardous waste in #California
https://calmatters.org/environment/2025/10/hazardous-waste-manifest-regulation/
Attention boaters! You can drop off your expired/unwanted marine flares for safe disposal at collection events scheduled over the next month in Alameda, Marin, West Contra Costa, Del Norte & Santa Cruz counties 🧨
Details here: https://www.calpsc.org/_files/ugd/ad724e_f400e68cf90b47488a2fce52541ebdb7.pdf
#boating #boaters #marineflares #hazardouswaste #bayarea #sfbay #sanfranciscobay
Thanks everyone for another really great year. We’re stoked you had so much fun with our charm bracelets! We’ll see you next year September 24th and 25th!
Also, pour one out for the OG Bessie. She was put to rest like she would have wanted - stuffed in a DeVos trash can. #grrbola #hazardouswaste #snickerdoodles
The waste disposal that keeps on giving: Decades-Old Barrels of Industrial Waste Still Impacting Ocean Floor Off Los Angeles. Initially thought to contain the pesticide DDT, study reveals some barrels contained caustic alkaline waste. #hazardouswaste #pollution #water #industrialpollution #LosAngeles #California https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la
The waste disposal that keeps on giving: Decades-Old Barrels of Industrial Waste Still Impacting Ocean Floor Off Los Angeles. Initially thought to contain the pesticide DDT, study reveals some barrels contained caustic alkaline waste. #hazardouswaste #pollution #water #industrialpollution #LosAngeles #California https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/decades-old-barrels-industrial-waste-still-impacting-ocean-floor-la
Ireland’s infrastructure for #HazardousWaste requires investment, says EPA - Engineers Ireland https://share.google/E3KxpoNJiqdQthjIw
First Court Date for Anti-Stablex Activist
#EnvironmentalActivism #CivilDisobedience #HazardousWaste
Read more:
https://ift.tt/IxUKTnl
So today we tried to dispose of an expired smart smoke alarm (Nest) properly, by bringing it to hazardous disposal.
It contains a circuit board, potentially radioactive material, and a Lithium-Ion battery.
The nice person who said no told us that after it has expired, it is no longer considered radioactive, and didn't care about either of the other issues, and told us to just put it in the garbage.
Sigh.
#hazardousWaste #smokeAlarm #trash #environmentalism #Canada #Ewaste
Need to get rid of batteries, pesticides, old cleaners, expired medicine, and e-waste piling up in your home? Safely dispose of hazardous waste for free at a one-day drop-off event on Sunday, August 10, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Register in advance online. https://alamedapost.com/news/get-rid-hazardous-waste-free/
A septic company is facing charges after allegedly dumping hundreds of gallons of waste into a storm drain near a residential area. #septic #dump #illegal #pollution #waste #hazardouswaste #Texas https://cw39.com/news/local/spring-septic-company-accused-of-dumping-wastewater-near-homes/
A septic company is facing charges after allegedly dumping hundreds of gallons of waste into a storm drain near a residential area. #septic #dump #illegal #pollution #waste #hazardouswaste #Texas https://cw39.com/news/local/spring-septic-company-accused-of-dumping-wastewater-near-homes/
So who needs *actual* public toilets?
Each study, no matter which city it was from, concluded that actual #PublicToilets are used overwhelmingly by:
- a #parent/ #caregiver with young #children (often using baby strollers)
- #elderly people
- #disabled people
- #unhoused people
… and since basically no one gives much of a rip about the last three on that list, ESPECIALLY unhoused people, there is little political will to ensure #accessible public #toilets are a priority.
A critical point made most clear by #Calgary's #yyc report (complete with maps and photos of site incidents!) is that #HumanWaste is a #biohazard #HazardousWaste, as human diseases can easily pass to others by #feces.
TL;DR: Alas, withholding development of #facilities and #services that would benefit all people in a community, including unhoused people, is a common policy program driven by political optics. And it stinks. 😡
The #EPA plans to demote career employees who oversee scientific #research, the #enforcement of #pollution laws, #HazardousWaste cleanup & the agency’s HR dept & replace them w/ #political appointees.
The move would give #Trump #loyalists more #influence over aspects of the agency that were traditionally led by #nonpartisan #experts who have served across Republican & Democratic admins.
#science #climate #ClimateCrisis #law #USpol #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/climate/epa-demotes-career-employees-overseeing-science-enforcement-and-more.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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