This article originally appeared in the 08/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
This article originally appeared in the 08/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Now that you know the benefits of recycling industrial solid waste after reading the cover story “Renewable Refuse” in our magazine’s May 2007 issue, where do you start? Who should be involved? How do you implement recycling? So many questions… here are a few suggestions on how to effectively implement pollution prevention (P2) in your operations. Start now, make a plan, and make a difference.
This article originally appeared in the 07/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
All of us are concerned with the global impact of adverse environmental issues. Since early times, humans have known that some of the most useful metals, such as lead and arsenic, are also very toxic and need to be controlled and contained.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Unfortunately, many of the advances in our industrialized world have come at great expense to our environment. Currently, one of the biggest environmental problems in the United States and other developed nations is the contamination of soil and groundwater caused by accidental releases of hazardous chemicals and petroleum hydrocarbons.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Mercury is getting a lot of attention, both in the popular press and in state and federal regulatory agencies. Combustion systems, like coal-fired power plants, industrial boilers, incinerators, and cement kilns, are sources of mercury emissions to the air. This article outlines the mercury emission regulations that apply to different combustion systems and the best demonstrated means to control these emissions from combustion sources. This article focuses on utility and industrial combustion systems because they are the highest emitters and face the greatest reductions and tightest scrutiny.
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
An analysis of the lighting industry shows a significant shift from the use of incandescent bulbs to fluorescent bulbs. Incandescent bulbs use more fossil fuel energy, cost more and are less effective than fluorescent bulbs, which produce more lumens.
- By Anthony Zippi, Mark A. Ceaser
This article originally appeared in the 06/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
More than 7.6 billion tons of industrial solid waste are generated annually in the United States. That’s the equivalent of more than 8,500 Golden Gate Bridges, more than 2,000 Empire State Buildings, or 1,200 Hoover Dams.
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
As urban centers grow in size, substantial areas of agricultural and industrial land are being converted to residential use. One of the issues frequently encountered when such a change in land use is implemented is the presence of elevated concentrations of chlorinated pesticides and herbicides historically used in agricultural crop production.
- By Alan Seech, James Mueller
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Just as "it takes two to tango," it has taken two political parties working in tandem over the last few decades in the United States to produce the vast majority of major federal environmental laws.
- By Cindy Chen, Mike Hicks
This article originally appeared in the 05/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Facilities across many industry sectors are turning to mobile technology software designed for PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) handheld devices to meet various environmental compliance demonstration requirements. This article discusses the capabilities of mobile technology in this regard and describes several situations in which facilities fulfilled regulatory requirements by utilizing software designed for handheld devices.
This article originally appeared in the 04/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
When considering entities that manage hazardous waste generated at a large number of generating sites, most people think of billion-dollar national or multinational corporations, with factories and facilities distributed over a wide area.
This article originally appeared in the 04/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
Did you ever notice that advertisements for environmental, health and safety (EH&S) software products sound like commercials for pain relief?
This article originally appeared in the 04/01/2007 issue of Environmental Protection.
This article originally appeared in the 12/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.
A new type of electronic nose, based on ultra-fast gas chromatography, can perform analytical measurements of volatile organic vapors in near real-time with part-per-trillion sensitivity.
This article originally appeared in the 11/01/2006 issue of Environmental Protection.