A new study finds that surface soil in parks and playgrounds built on former waste incineration and ash disposal sites may contain levels of lead exceeding EPA safety standards for areas where ...

Maryland’s two largest health systems have taken contrasting positions on their future dealings with a controversial medical waste incinerator in South Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Health System and ...

Maryland has filed another lawsuit against Curtis Bay Energy, a medical waste incinerator in South Baltimore, over air pollution violations. The latest suit comes less than five months after Maryland ...

A review into plans to build a waste incinerator on Portland has got the green light - with the case to be heard in the High ...

BALTIMORE (AP) — A medical waste processing company has pleaded guilty to dozens of environment-related charges and agreed to pay $1.75 million in fines after state prosecutors in Maryland accused a ...

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Landfill waste produces 11% of global methane emissions, with waste third-largest GHG emitter in Europe's cities Stopping organic waste going to landfill critical, as it produces methane when ...

When you throw something in the garbage, chances are you never think about it again. But this trash doesn’t just magically disappear. Local governments have to determine how to dispose of the more ...