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Waste Disposal Issues
Both OSHA and the EPA have set regulations regarding proper disposal of construction waste. Regardless of whether it's hazardous or not, all materials stemming from worksites need to be disposed of in a manner that fits in line with those standards...

Making A Party Out Of Hazardous Waste Disposal
Most of us realize that we are sitting on a pile of hazardous waste - from household chemicals to old computers, CRT's, and other items that look awfully tame when they're sitting on the shelf at Best Buy or Circuit...

Amish Sentenced To Jail Over Waste Disposal Violations
Two Swartzentruber Amish farmers who refuse to comply with state code requirements for disposal of waste from their community school outhouses and who say obtaining a permit for the outhouses would violate their religious beliefs have also refused the options of paying a fine or performing community service...

Amish Farmer's Fine For Refusing To Comply With Waste Disposal Rules Upheld
In Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, a state court judge affirmed the earlier conviction of Amish farmer Andy Swartzentruber who refused on religious grounds to install holding tanks and contract with a certified sewage hauler for disposal of waste from two out houses on his property used by Amish school students...

Defendant's Disposal of Laptop and Untruthful Testimony about Circumstances of Disposal Warrant Adverse Inference Instruction and Relaxed Burden of Proof for Plaintiff
Great Am. Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Lowry Dev., LLC, 2007 WL 4268776 (S.D. Miss. Nov. 30, 2007) This insurance coverage litigation stemmed from property damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005...

United Nations Waste Treaty Postpones Long Awaited Toxic Waste Dumping Ban
News release, Basel Action Network: "The week-long 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention ended...