As the holiday season is in full swing, Montgomery County’s Solid Waste District (MCSWD) would like to remind people about safely disposing of items to prevent fires or ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

Year after year the trucks rolled in, dumping loads of sewage sludge and contaminated dirt at a soil-recycling plant in this tiny desert community. Thousands of deliveries were dutifully recorded in a ...