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A medical waste incineration company has agreed to pay one of the largest fines in a criminal environmental case in Maryland’s history after state investigators found its South Baltimore facility was ...

BACK YEARS. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THIS COMPANY PUT THE COMMUNITY AT RISK. NOW CURTIS BAY WILL PAY A $1 MILLION FINE AND SERVE TWO YEARS PROBATION. THE INVESTIGATION, WHICH BEGAN IN NOVEMBER OF ...

A single Ebola patient treated in a U.S. hospital will generate eight 55-gallon barrels of medical waste each day. Protective gloves, gowns, masks and booties are donned and doffed by all who approach ...

A new Environmental Research & Education Foundation report shows that stricter federal emissions standards have driven a 99% reduction in U.S. medical waste incinerators since the 1990s. Only about a ...

In this century, incineration has been used widely to reduce the volume of municipal-solid waste and produce electric energy or steam, to reduce the volume and potential infectious nature of ...

BANNOCKBURN, Ill., Oct. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Stericycle, Inc. (SRCL) (Nasdaq: SRCL), a leading provider of regulated medical waste management and secure information destruction solutions, ...

A new technology has been developed that allows medical waste to be treated in general incinerators, not just specialized ones. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on the ...

It can make it harder to argue against an oil refinery if you like to drive your car. It can make it harder to argue against a power plant — coal or nuclear — if you like to turn on your lights. But ...

ONE OF THEIR NEIGHBORS IS MAKING THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SICK. THAT’S ACCORDING TO PROTESTERS DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE THE CURTIS BAY ENERGY MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATOR TODAY. WE WANT CLEAN AIR.