Environmental Protection
PAGE 13Environmental Protection Duty of Care Regulations
General Duty of Care Anyone who produces, imports, keeps, stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste must take all reasonable steps to ensure that waste is managed properly. This duty of care is imposed under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990. It also applies to anyone who acts as a broker and has control of waste. A breach of the duty of care could lead…
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List of good deeds for children
I struggle a bit this time of year with how to teach my children the spirit of giving and kindness. I try extra hard to teach generosity this time of year because things can get very focused on “stuff.” We have always gone caroling-usually at nursing homes but last year we caroled for wounded soldiers with other military families. Last year each of my older boys (who were 4…
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Environmental Protection Magazine
Groundwater Monitoring Gets a Direct Push! | View main article | View article references | PICTURES & DRAWINGS Figure 2: Driller and helper stripping and shoveling waste drill cuttings during monitoring well installation. Handling and proper disposal of contaminated cuttings may consume up to 50% of the field investigation budget. Waste cuttings also present a significant…
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Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology
Original Article/Research a School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada, India b Department of Sociology and Social Work, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India The ecological integrity is widely discussed as a new concept by several ecologists and environmentalists. A consensus in this regard is yet to be derived for its definition. Human intervention…
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Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
Have you come close to throwing something out and wondered, “Can I just toss this in the trash?” Not everything can safely go into household trash – items like leftover cleaners, motor oil, light bulbs and aerosol cans are likely household hazardous waste (HHW) and require special disposal. How do I know for sure? Check the ingredients. Household hazardous waste products contain…
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Environmental Protection Agency purpose
The executive departments are the major operating units of the federal government, but there are many other agencies which have important responsibilities for keeping the government and the economy working smoothly. These are often called independent agencies, since they are not part of the executive departments. The nature and purpose of these agencies vary widely. Some are…
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Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection
About Us Corporate responsibility is now high on national and international agendas. Yet 3M has long held the belief that reputation depends not solely on our financial performance but also on the way we run our business. In 1975, 3M was one of the first major manufacturing companies actively to address environmental issues and, as with our drive for innovation, we involved…
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Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Environmentally Safe Disposal of Pharmaceuticals The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has launched an initiative in collaboration with partners in both the private and public sector to promote environmentally responsible disposal of unwanted and expired medications. Under a pilot program, IEPA has worked with several communities across the state, including county health…
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Environmental Protection Regulations
Small businesses can pay big time when it comes to not following through on regulatory compliance instituted by the government. One of the biggest areas of regulations that small business owners are expected to comply with are environmental policies. Environmental regulations are monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency. It is estimated by the Small Business Administration…
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Environmental Protection Unit
The state Justice Department has shrunk staffing levels in its environmental protection unit to the lowest level in 25 years. The Wisconsin State Journal reports the unit had six attorneys last year compared to 10 as recently as 2008. A DOJ spokesman says he couldn’t explain the trend, although he mentioned that lawyers with the agency’s special litigation unit and solicitor…
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