Undercover inspections of garbage dumpsters at Kaiser hospitals in the Bay Area, Central Valley and Southern California discovered a lot more than just routine trash bound for the local landfill. They ...

The new EPA guide includes steps medical institutions can take to update their hazardous waste disposal plans. The Environmental Protection Agency has published a new guide to implementing hazardous ...

Healthcare waste management (HCWM) has become a major challenge as healthcare becomes more sophisticated, population size increases and healthcare facilities expand. All these factors demand the use ...

SAN JOSE — The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office is alleging that the South Bay’s three county-run hospitals are improperly disposing medical waste including human flesh, high-grade ...

Health care facilities' compliance with medical and hazardous waste disposal laws comes under scrutiny in recent—and costly—investigations in California. Prosecutors across California are taking ...

The world’s most profitable retailer has been ordered to pay approximately $7.5 million in penalties for violating environmental regulations regarding the disposal of toxic and medical waste. Walmart ...

KARACHI: Government district and taluka hospitals in Karachi and interior Sindh lack proper incinerator facilities to dispose ...