Many states’ waste programs classify solid waste as solely hazardous or nonhazardous per the regulations found in 40 CFR; however, some states including Texas have more complex and stringent nonhazardous waste classification programs based on… Read More »Waste Classification In Texas
“Assume It is Outside and Forget It” I’ve been thinking, compliance is invisible, non-compliance often gets the spotlight. Non-compliance provides the kind of attention we seek to avoid at WTS. Non-compliance, poor decisions, pressing the… Read More »Stakeholder Update – 03/15/2021
In the fourth installment of ‘Getting to Know Us’, Barry Taggart takes us on a quick journey about his professional career at WTS and highlights how he works with compliance. For more information on the… Read More »Getting to Know Us: Barry Taggart
The chemical industry is accelerating forward on a path towards sustainability with an ultimate objective of circularity. Circularity, with regard to the economy and business, is aimed at the reduction and eventual elimination of waste. … Read More »TSCA Implications when Managing By-Products for Re-Use
49 CFR 172.604 defines the requirements for the inclusion of Emergency Response Phone Numbers on Hazardous Waste Manifests (HWM). At times though, there can be some ambiguity and confusion as to when a contract number needs… Read More »Knowing When to Include a Contract Number on your Hazardous Waste Manifest
If you store hazardous wastes in your facility, you are likely to need secondary containment systems to meet one or more regulations. Neither the EPA nor OSHA specifies what a secondary containment system must look like.… Read More »Secondary Containment: Use and Management of Containers
Regulating Authority Comparison Moving products overseas often starts with a sample evaluation by the end user, even if a Certificate of Analysis or other product information is available. Care must be taken to ship samples… Read More »Shipping Product Samples Internationally
March 2021 Industry acceptance of the e-Manifest program continues to be found lacking. Consider these statistics that USEPA announced just this week. Since the inception of the e-Manifest program on June 30, 2018 and through… Read More »e-Manifest Update – 03/12/2021
