The Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) sent a letter to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) March 31 urging the agency to establish a system to compensate public and private ...

Each needle, syringe, vial, and packaging joins the waste from approximately 198 million doses of influenza vaccine the CDC produced for this season, says Jim Anderson, vice president of product ...

Trash collection may be delayed in Jackson because of staffing shortages related to the coronavirus pandemic, Waste Management officials said Friday. The spread of the delta variant was cited in a ...

Tens of thousands of metric tons of extra medical waste as hospitals and clinics scrambled to care for the millions struck with the COVID-19 virus has put tremendous strain on health-care waste ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As millions continue to wait their turn for the COVID-19 vaccine, small but steady amounts of the precious doses have gone to waste across the country. It’s a heartbreaking reality ...

The COVID-19 pandemic caught most of us off-guard, with governments and institutions having to quickly implement new safety policies and citizens rushing to acquire masks, gloves, and other cleaning ...

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed our life style, and even the environment around us, such as the reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen dioxide emissions and the alleviation of water pollution.

Tens of thousands of tonnes of extra medical waste from the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has put tremendous strain on health care waste management systems around the world, threatening human and ...

COVID-19 vaccine rollout producing clinical waste Syringes, needles end up in incinerators, landfills or dumps Experts say new solutions needed to get rid of waste CHAMUSCA, Portugal, April 28 ...

Feb. 1 (UPI) --COVID-19 medical waste has strained waste management systems, exposing a "dire need" for improvement, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. "Tens of thousands of tons of extra ...