Fire extinguishers are
classified as hazardous waste and need to be disposed of carefully.
Because it is not
classified as hazardous waste under Environmental Protection Agency standards, there is no federal supervision of its use in agriculture.
They would also like to see waste water from the drilling practice
classified as hazardous waste.
Not exact matches
Senator Grisanti also wants to
classify fracking
waste water
as hazardous, and ban public water treatment plants from accepting the
waste water.
The State Assembly, led by Democrats, passed a package of one house bills for Earth Day, including requiring private drinking wells to be tested before fracking occurs, and to
classify fracking wastewater
as hazardous waste.
While the state Assembly passed bills to
classify the water
as hazardous waste, and to begin a health study, the Senate did not pass the bills, and the legislature left town with no agreements.
The EPA does have regulatory authority when it comes to managing
hazardous waste, but lead - laden cathode - ray tube (CRT) monitors and televisions sent to landfills are about the only electronic devices that are
classified as hazardous under current federal guidelines.
Thus, according to US News & World Report, the EPA is currently «weighing whether to
classify the gypsum stacks
as hazardous waste under federal statutes, which would force the industry to provide strict safeguards» (to nearly 1 billion tons of
waste).
The EPA
classifies nail polish
as household
hazardous waste (perhaps a hint we shouldn't be using it) and requests that it is disposed of in a proper
hazardous waste disposal site.