The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today began removing and disposing hazardous waste from properties affected by wildfires in Kula. The EPA will survey, remove, and dispose of hazardous waste ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says crews have finished the first phase of debris removal from the Palisades and Eaton fires, clearing hazardous household materials from about 9,200 ...

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Did you know hazardous waste could be lurking in your home? Many cleaners, gadgets, and products designed to make your life easier and solve common problems could be toxic or even classified as ...

The Los Angeles wildfires left behind hazardous waste and debris. Programs in the Greater Los Angeles Area offer disposal solutions and designated facilities to assist with managing these materials.

Just days after state officials canceled a contract that provided more than $29 million in hazardous waste projects to a select list of four companies, they released new guidelines Wednesday that ...

On Monday, December 3, the L.A. County Fire Department alongside teams from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) will begin ...

The U.S. Department of Energy has put cleanup of a hazardous waste disposal site at Los Alamos National Laboratory on hold, a ...

OROVILLE — Butte County has long been devastated by wildfires and 2024 has brought with it some large-scale destruction. Before the recent Quincy Fire burned 85 acres east of Oroville and the Park ...

Beginning the first week of November, the state Department of Toxic Substance Control is expected to begin the first phase of household hazardous waste sweeps for residential properties with damaged ...