COHOES — The state Department of Environmental Conservation has told the Norlite incinerator/aggregate plant that its incinerator dust will now be classified as hazardous waste. The company had ...

Contaminated waste from the site of a fiery train derailment in Ohio is being moved to an incinerator in another part of the state and a landfill in Indiana.The contaminated waste began moving out ...

Solid waste from the toxic train derailment in Ohio is being shipped to a nearby incinerator with a “long history” of environmental violations. Norfolk Southern, the rail company behind the 3 February ...

The General Electric Co. (GE) has agreed to pay a $2.25 million civil penalty to resolve a complaint alleging violations of federal and state environmental laws in connection with GE’s use of an ...

COHOES, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Legislation to prohibit the incineration of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) at the Norlite Hazardous Waste Facility in Cohoes passed unanimously in both the Senate and the ...

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (AP) — A hazardous-waste incinerator in Ohio released dangerous toxins into the air over the past four years, exposing those nearby to chemicals that can cause cancer, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Aging hazardous waste incineration plants in Ohio that have been barred from expansion for three decades could start growing again under a new policy Republican Gov. Mike DeWine ...

COHOES – Less than two weeks after the state banned incineration of toxic fire fighting foam at the Norlite aggregate plant, the city’s mayor wants to level a special tax on the facility for the ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, September 15, 2008 (ENS) - The Veolia hazardous waste incinerator in Sauget, with its long history of explosions and toxic chemical releases, was issued a clean air permit on ...

The application to the Environment Agency requests dozens of new waste classifications to be added to the list of permitted waste, which currently consists of refuse derived fuel (RDF) from domestic, ...