Determining whether or not an area is going to be considered a hazardous (classified) location is critical to the type of construction, wiring methods involved, and the overall safety of the intended ...

Environmental groups have long pushed for coal ash, a by-product of coal burning energy production that contains toxic contaminants, to be classified as a hazardous material. While the EPA announced ...

Technical guidance on how to assess and classify hazardous waste has been published for public consultation. The guidance has been produced by the Environment Agency and clarifies existing criteria ...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy announced the agency will now consider coal ash on the same level as household waste as opposed to hazardous waste. Household ...

A century ago, boiler explosions were an all-too-familiar event. But with the universal adoption of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes in 1914, explosions caused by poor design or manufacturing ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will soon publish new rules that provide tailored standards for handling hazardous-waste pharmaceuticals in the health care sector. The rules streamline ...

New rules on used fluorescent tubes from industry means that thousands of businesses could be generating skiploads of waste which have to be treated as hazardous. Unless the tubes are removed from the ...