hazardous waste

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Manufacturing batteries is “extremely energy intensive,” involves more dangerous chemicals and results in more hazardous waste.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Superfund sites are locations polluted by hazardous waste that the Environmental Protection Agency has flagged for cleanup due to threats to human health or the environment.

From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025

However, the state only has two hazardous waste landfills, and disposal there is significantly more expensive.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

In March, the state agency released a draft of the first-ever hazardous waste management plan, drawing opposition for a controversial recommendation to consider allowing more contaminated soil to be dumped at nonhazardous landfills.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025

You could even reclaim a hazardous waste dump.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan