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California Agency Oks Incentive Hikes to Increase Carpet Recycling
2015-01-09 17:13:00| Waste Age
A California recycling agency has agreed to a plan to increase funding for its carpet recycling product stewardship plan to bolster carpet recycling in the state. read more
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United Kingdom: 7,000 properties to be lost due to rising sea levels, says Environment Agency
2015-01-05 11:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: By the end of the century an estimated 7,000 properties across England and Wales will be lost to rising sea levels, according to the Environment Agency, after a decision that states the cost of protecting the properties would be too high. The risk of flooding in the UK is expected to grow as the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels and increased rainfall, escalate. Analysis published last year ranked the UK as one of the counties where flooding poses the greatest risk to economic...
Majestic cleanup on track, agency told
2014-12-26 11:34:01| Waste Management - Topix.net
Bruce Maxwell, project manager for Park Residences Development LLC, owner of the Majestic Hotel properties, told the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality last week that enough bids have been received that contract negotiations can begin on cleaning up the Majestic's rubble.
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Coal ash is not hazardous waste under U.S. agency rules
2014-12-20 01:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: In a disappointment to environmentalists, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued rules on Friday labeling coal ash, a byproduct of coal-based power production containing toxic materials such as arsenic and lead, as non-hazardous waste. The label means that states and environmental groups taking legal action, and not the EPA, will be the primary enforcers of the first-ever federal rules targeting coal ash, which will require the closure of some coal ash holding ponds leaking contaminants...
US environment agency adds apparel dyes to ruling
2014-12-19 14:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added nine benzidine-based dyes used in clothing to a new ruling, to prevent them from entering the US market.
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