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Study Finds Drugs, Chemicals in Sewage Sludge
environmental Strategist between the lines: Bio-solid disposal is an issue that impacts a broad range of businesses. From the generators, to those who manage it to those who use it in land application. Most people are not aware that the number one user of antibiotics and steroids is the pork, poultry and beef industry. environmental…
New Manifest Form Required For All Hazardous Waste Handlers
Effective immediately, all hazardous waste generators and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities must use EPA’s standardized hazardous waste manifest form. Since 1980, the manifest form has provided a complete paper trail of a waste’s progress from generation to disposal. It also identifies the type, amount, and toxicity of hazardous waste being shipped. The standardized form…
Alma Matters
environmental Strategist, between the lines: This competitive environmental intelligence supports what environmental Strategist (eS) have been saying for years, those businesses who develop and execute an environmental Management Strategy (eMS), not only learn how to produce and deliver a better product but they increase their profits. Being environmentally proactive has now become necessary to compete.…
Understanding RoHS – What it Means to U.S. Manufacturers
environmental Strategist, between the lines: The current regulation being discussed affects electronics companies dealing in Europe. As the report points out, this more than likely will be standard operating procedure here in the U.S. in the very near future. Share this competitive environmetnal intelligence with your clients in the electronics business so they can use…
EPA Takes Important Step in Controlling Air Pollution from Farm Country Animal Feeding Operations
8/24/2006 Washington, D.C. — EPA has just gotten approval to take the next important step to gather air emissions data from agricultural animal feeding operations (AFOs) and to ensure compliance with environmental laws. This step consists of certain AFOs voluntarily taking part in a nationwide monitoring study to evaluate their air emissions. “The AFOs agreements…
In the Eye of the Storms
Below are excerpts from a Risk and Insurance magazine interview with Brian Storms, CEO of Marsh In the Eye of the Storms Brian Storms pulls Marsh out of the Spitzer quagmire and reinstills in his troops the firm’s long tradition of service. By Jack Roberts When Brian Storms first arrived at MMC Corp. as vice…
Judge blasts EPA’s efforts
He denies request for later deadline, says agency is ‘foot dragging’ on air standards – Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer Friday, August 4, 2006 The U.S. EPA devoted substantial resources to making discretionary rules, many of which are “more congenial to industry,” instead of fulfilling its legal obligation to curtail toxic air contaminants, a federal…
The Willis Index: 2006 Environmental Claims – The Tip of The Iceberg?
From Insurance Newscast environmental Strategist, between the lines: As this competitive environmental intelligence points out we are just at the tip of the iceberg in relation to environmental claims. According to Willis research, the situation is going to get worse and have a broader impact on businesses. To me the picture can’t be any clearer,…
GAO Says EPA Suffers from Chronic Management Problems
environmental Strategist, between the lines: As this competitive environmental intelligence from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the investigative arm of Congress points out, for any business impacted by environmental issues (SOX, SAB 92 ruling, FIN 47, Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, , Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Underground Storage Tanks, Storm Water Run…