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Business Definition for: Waste Control

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Sweden's Studsvik AB and US company Waste Control Specialists sign cooperation agreement
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-7 September 2007-Sweden's Studsvik AB and US company Waste Control Specialists sign cooperation agreementC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Swedish nuclear technology and services provider Studsvik AB announced on Friday (7 September) a cooperation agreement with the US company Waste Control Specialists LLC WCS, a subsidiary of Valhi...
Tags: Waste Control Specialists LLC
Research articles 2007-09-07
Advance Auto Part Owes $20,619 in Fines for Waste-Control Violations.
By Jenny Kincaid, The Roanoke Times, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 13--Advance Auto Parts owes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency $20,619 because it did not enact some waste-management regulations at as many as eight U.S. distribution centers, including one in...
Tags: Auto, Government, regulation, Regulations, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2004-05-13
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Crisis in the Making
A new radioactive-waste crisis is about to go critical -- the scheduled closing of a commercial low-level radioactive waste LLRW processing facility in Barnwell, S.C., which is a landfill owned by the state and operated by Energy Solutions. The preferred method of disposal for LLRW is shallow...
Tags: Facility, LLRW, LLRW Container, Clive Facility, Storage, Security, Hardware, David Phillips
Blog posts 2008-05-27
Utah Group Seeks Tax Hike on Nuclear Waste.
By Brent Israelsen, The Salt Lake Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 4--An influential group of Utahns on Wednesday launched a ballot initiative to prohibit certain types of low-level nuclear waste and tax other types to benefit the homeless and schoolchildren. ...
Tags: Envirocare of Utah Inc.
Research articles 2002-04-04
Toxics control. (excerpts from Water Environment & Technology, December 1991) (Environmental Waste Control Management) (Column)
The EPA has developed a water-quality-based approach to toxics control that will control pollutants beyond technology-based requirements. This policy requires that EPA use both biological and chemical methods. As a result, National Pollutant Discharg The EPA has developed a water-quality-based approach to toxics control that...
Tags: environment, permit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1992-04-01
Hurricane debris poses disposal difficulties. (U.S. Virgin Islands)(Environmental Waste Control Digest)
The Federal Emergency Management Agency assisted the US Virgin Island government in the removal and disposal of the debris scattered by Hurricane Marilyn during Sep. 1995. The effort involved the removal of hurricane debris from public roads and transporting these to a landfill. The debris were then segregated into biodegradable...
Tags: debris, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Government, landfill, SOFTWARE
Research articles 1997-04-01
World Foundry Congress focuses on environmental control, reuse
Metalcasting executives hear latest waste control and operations technologies that favor energy conservation, materials recycling.With the theme, "Foundry and Environment," the 59th World Foundry Congress on September 20-25 in Sao Paulo, Brazil, emphasized the international effort by the metalcasting industry to curb environmental pollution problems.The annual event, held under the...
Tags: foundry, Foundry Networks Inc., president, SALES, Strategy, U.S. Congress
Research articles 1992-12-01
Stringent EU Regulations Drive Investments in Automation and Control Solutions in the Water and Waste Water Sector
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51470) has announced the addition of the Frost & Sullivan report: Automation and Control Solutions in the European Water and Waste Water Sector to their offering. This Frost & Sullivan research service titled Automation and Control Solutions in the European Water and Waste...
Tags: automation, Frost & Sullivan, investment, regulation, SCADA
Research articles 2007-03-05
Waste industry Briefs:.(Briefs)
CDC site promotes safe needle disposal Medical Waste Washington - The Centers for Disease Control has launched a Web site that helps communities promote the safe disposal of needles that are not regulated by medical waste...
Tags: common stock, food, landfill, needle
Research articles 2004-03-29
Stringent EU Regulations Drive Investments in Automation and Control Solutions in the Water and Waste Water Sector.
M2 PRESSWIRE-5 March 2007-Research and Markets: Stringent EU Regulations Drive Investments in Automation and Control Solutions in the Water and Waste Water Sector.C1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05032007 Dublin: Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51471) has announced the addition of the Frost &...
Tags: automation, Frost & Sullivan, SCADA
Research articles 2007-03-05
Where are the Growth Opportunities and What Does the Future Hold for Automation and Control Solutions in the European Water and Waste Water Sector?
LONDON, January 24 /PRNewswire/ -- - Frost & Sullivan to Host Quarterly Analyst Briefing on Automation and Control Solutions in the European Water and Waste Water Sector on Tuesday 30 January 2007. Frost & Sullivan will host a conference call on Tuesday...
Tags: automation, Frost & Sullivan
Research articles 2007-01-24
Flow control bill at critical point; call Congress today.
NLC Executive Director Don Borut urges city officials to contact members of both the House and Senate to secure passage of legislation authorizing local governments to exercise flow control authority over municipal solid waste. "The battle to authorize local government control over the ...
Tags: Government, SOFTWARE, U.S. Congress, U.S. Senate
Research articles 1994-06-27
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS APPLIED TO IMPORTED WASTE MATERIALS
AsiaInfo Services 09-06-1996 Environmental Controls Applied to Imported Waste Materials CHINA, September 6, AsiaInfo Services, Inc -- In order to prevent poisonous waste materials from entering China, the State Environmental Protection Agency and the China Academy of Environmental...
Tags: China, ENVIRONMENTAL, Quality, standards, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1996-09-06
Senate hears interstate waste arguments.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Senators have begun hearing arguments from supporters and opponents of bills that would allow states to control interstate waste shipments. The two sides squared off before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee on March 20. ...
Tags: U.S. Senate
Research articles 2002-04-01
Electronics firm hit with hazwaste penalty. (Harmon Electronics Inc. gets fine for hazardous waste violations)
00-00-0000 An EPA administrative law judge ALJ fined Harmon Electronics Inc. of Grain Valley, Mo., $586,716 for hazardous waste violations. It was the largest penalty ever assessed by an EPA ALJ. Harmon assembles control and safety equipment for t 00-00-0000 An EPA administrative...
Tags: electronics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1995-03-01
Irish EPA to sue hospitals over waste burning:
The Irish Environmental Protection Agency IEPA is to prosecute two hospitals in Ireland, for illegally incinerating hospital waste, Iain MacLean, Director of Licensing and Control at the IEPA told HAZNEWS. Our Lady of Lourdes hospital in Drogheda, noThe Irish Environmental Protection Agency IEPA is to prosecute two...
Tags: hospital, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 1996-04-01
EPA Hearing Targets Waste Disposal by Cruise Lines.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Sep. 13--Cruise ship executives defended the industry's efforts to monitor and control waste disposal on the high seas, while environmentalists demanded better enforcement of federal laws during the Environmental Protection Agency's Tuesday hearing o Sep. 13--Cruise ship executives defended the industry's efforts to monitor and...
Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2000-09-13
NUCLEAR MATERIALS : MEPS CLARIFY LEGISLATION ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE.
MEPs on the European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy Committee adopted a report drafted by Esko Seppanen on 4 May on the proposal for a Council Directive on the supervision and control of shipments of radioactive waste and spent fuel. The MEPs on the European...
Tags: Clarify
Research articles 2006-05-05
SITA, the waste services division of Suez, is taking 100 percent control of Tens SA and Teris LLC. (Europe in Brief).(Brief Article)
SITA, the waste services division of Suez, is taking 100 percent control of Tens SA and Teris LLC, its 50-50 joint ventures in hazardous industrial waste processing with Rhodia in Europe and the US. Rhodia has decided the businesses are noncore.
Tags: Teris LLC
Research articles 2002-04-29
BIOREM Announces $1.4 Million Solid Waste Recovery Project
BIOREM Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BRM) announced today the receipt of a purchase order valued at $1.4 Million for a new field erected BIOFILTAIRTM biofilter system. The system is to be installed for the control of odours at a new solid waste recovery facility and is scheduled for completion in January...
Tags: Biorem Inc.
Research articles 2007-08-14
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