By Jeryl L. Olson, Ilana R. Morady, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: EPA announces its proposal to streamline the regulation of hazardous waste aerosol cans by adding them to the list of materials that can be managed under the Universal Waste management system.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule that is intended
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By Jeryl L. Olson, Andrew H. Perellis, Kay R. Bonza, Patrick D. Joyce, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: The EPA’s new “Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule,” while containing some changes that industry welcomes, also contains new requirements that present challenges for the regulated community. We will be publishing a series of blogs on the
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By Patrick D. Joyce, Philip L. Comella, and Craig B. Simonsen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s struggle to distinguish between a waste and a recyclable material, dating back to its original May 19, 1980 rulemaking under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, takes its latest turn in the now-final Definition of Solid Waste rule (DSW rule), signed by Administrator
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By Ilana Morady
On September 13, 2011, The ChicoBag Company (“ChicoBag”), a reusable bag manufacturer, and Hilex Poly Company (“Hilex Poly”), the nation’s largest one-use plastic bag manufacturer, settled an unfair competition suit brought by Hilex Poly against ChicoBag.
Earlier this year, Hilex Poly filed a complaint in U.S. District Court of the District of South Carolina alleging that ChicoBag
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Continue Reading New Illinois Law Requires Recycling Of More Electronic Products
EPA’s struggle to distinguish between a waste and a recyclable material, which began in its original May 1980 rulemaking under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, takes its latest turn in a new proposed rule signed by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on June 30, 2011.
Continue Reading The Thirty Year Stuggle to Define Recycling