Until this reporting, the last known breach at a bauxite refinery occurred in Hungary in 2010. The failure of a red mud ...

Violations over the years have included a leak in the hazardous waste landfill’s primary protective liner; toxic leachate spills into surface water; improper venting and monitoring of stored ...

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Officials say new rules will speed the process for cleaning up thousands of abandoned, derelict and potentially contaminated properties in CT.

Mumbai: The BMC is likely to separately collect hazardous domestic waste, including sanitary napkins, batteries, wires, and diapers, from housing societies starting this month. This waste will be ...

A possible hazardous waste spill late Monday morning caused an hourslong closure on southbound Highway 167 near Highway 18 in Auburn. A cargo truck with multiple drums of an unspecified substance ...

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The town of Guilderland’s zoning board of appeals approved a variance for Mercury Refining in 1988, for a building to cover drums of hazardous waste that were being stored on concrete pads. “There’s ...

leaving behind a significant amount of legacy waste, including old fuel drums and asbestos-riddled buildings. An abandoned Australian base in Antarctica that is littered with hazardous legacy ...