As well as running the risk of being fined, disposing of batteries incorrectly can lead to fires and environmental pollution.

The global interest in moving away from carbon dioxide (CO 2) and greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting fuels is primarily motivated, not only by global warming, but also the need to better utilize ...

GONE ARE THE DAYS when one could run even the smallest of reactions and dump the waste down the sink without a second thought. Increasing awareness of the safety and environmental hazards of dumping ...

The development and use of nuclear technology, which began in the early 1940s, has produced a substantial inventory of radioactive waste— material with no current or currently known future use. The ...

Directeur de Recherche au CEA (IRAMIS/NIMBE de Saclay) et Professeur invité à NTU/ERI@N (Singapour), Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) The ideal, from the point of ...

Framatome has announced the completion of a key milestone in the development of a robotic-assisted handling system to support decommissioning and waste management for the nuclear industry. Testing has ...

Electronic waste is a huge global problem, and its often devastating impact on our environment is not going to lessen any time soon – in fact, it's predicted to get worse. Faced with a panorama of ...

That's the word from the U.S. Government Accountability Office in a scathing August 2008 report which accused the U.S. Environmental Agency of not doing its part to ensure that exports of used and ...

The components in computers and monitors contain many different toxic materials. This may not affect the average user working on one PC, but it does cause problems when equipment is recycled or ...