Our WTS environmental managers frequently encounter unknown materials in the field at customer sites, either in lab settings or hazardous waste cabinets and storage areas.  Detailed below are the tests and best practices that WTS

WTS is pleased to present this month’s newsletter. To all of our new subscribers, welcome aboard and I trust you will enjoy the WTS experience. I am particularly pleased to begin this month’s Stakeholder message

Last week, personnel representing WTS, Inc. had the honor of serving as judges and presenters at the 18th International Students’ Science Fair (ISSF 2022), hosted by Lewiston-Porter Central Schools in partnership with Niagara University and

We wanted to make you aware of a couple of recent developments in the e-Manifest program.  First, for New York State Generators: effective April 14, 2022 NYS based generators no longer have to submit generator manifest

Waste materials meeting the definition of solid waste, and then also meeting the definition of a hazardous waste as detailed in 40CFR §261, must undergo treatment in most cases to destroy, immobilize, or greatly reduce

To characterize and dispose of a hazardous waste, the generator of that waste must assign the proper “waste code(s)”.  Waste codes communicate the properties and hazards of the waste, determine treatment requirements, and govern how

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) was enacted to regulate the way wastes are managed and disposed of to protect human health and the natural environment.  During the rule making process, the EPA decided

Once an understanding of defining Solid and Hazardous Waste’s has been obtained the next step of properly managing waste is to characterize the waste and determine if it is in – fact a hazardous waste. This

The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act lays the foundations for cradle-to-grave management of hazardous waste. Generators play an important role in ensuring safe and effective disposal including proper record keeping and reporting. Both Large Quantity

Mining Waste for Value In 2015 I had the opportunity to participate in a project design to reclaim a minor metal from a high BTU Hazardous Waste Stream. At a high level, the project design

USEPA has long held an interest in promoting responsible Hazardous Waste Recycling by providing various exclusions in the Resource Conservation Recovery Act (RCRA) to allow for generators and other stakeholders to reuse/recycle and reclaim Hazardous

America’s Plastic Makers view plastic as a resource that is too valuable to waste. Recycling is the major strategy for addressing the global plastic waste challenge. Plastic recycling is the reprocessing of scrap plastic wastes