With it being the first week back to school, there’s no better time to think about where the chemicals are located in the school. These chemicals are dangerous even in controlled environments. Here are three areas you will find toxic… Read More
Hazardous Waste Disposal Methods
Hazardous waste disposal can be dangerous, and it is heavily regulated. Rather than deal with all of that yourself, you can partner with a safe and reliable hazardous waste disposal contractor like AEG Environmental to ensure that your hazardous waste… Read More
Performing a Chemical Inventory
Do you need to perform a chemical inventory? Whenever your building is mostly empty or your school is unoccupied, these are the best times to perform a chemical inventory and dispose of any chemicals that you no longer need.
Keeping Track of Industrial Wastes
Not everything you want to dispose of is safe to end up in a landfill. Most of the wastes found on job sites are industrial wastes. They are the results of industrial processes and should be handled with care. Industrial… Read More
Maintaining Compliance in a School Setting
While hazardous materials may not be as prevalent in schools as they are elsewhere, there are still plenty of chemicals that have the potential to be dangerous. Knowing where these hazardous chemicals are, and how to maintain compliance is necessary… Read More
Four Common Misconceptions about Hazardous Waste Disposal
Proper disposal of business waste, whether hazardous or not, is a topic that should be approached with care. Not only is adequate disposal necessary for safety reasons, but environmental ones as well. Knowing what your business needs to do to… Read More
Keeping Hazardous Materials Safe During a Flood
A flood can cause catastrophic damage. When you add hazardous materials to the equation, the risk goes up significantly. With all of the rain we’ve had recently, much of the East Coast has been dealing with flooding. Unfortunately, heavy rains… Read More
Understanding Universal Waste
When your business is heavily involved in generating and disposing of hazardous waste, you have to know all the ways to deal with these dangerous processes in a safe manner. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a program known as… Read More
Classifying Different Types of Hazardous Material
Before you can dispose of any hazardous material, you will need to know what you are dealing with first. There are nine different classes of hazardous materials, and each one is different enough that you can’t apply the same storage… Read More
RCRA Hazardous Waste Listing
The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) is the EPA’s rulebook that governs all aspects of hazardous waste handling and disposal. Compliance with these rules is essential, and non-compliance carries some pretty hefty fines. One of the many things dictated… Read More