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City facility resumes hazardous waste collection
Household hazardous waste drop off for Baltimore residents resumed this weekend, after a winter hiatus. Oil-based paints, pesticides and herbicides, batteries, pool chemicals, drain cleaners and gasoline, among other hazardous materials, can be taken... -
Army wants to add another hazardous waste facility in Edgewood to federal air emissions permit
The Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground is requesting a federal permit for a munitions assessment and processing facility that is expected to handle a number of deadly chemical agents, including Sarin, a nerve agent...Tags: Iraq, World War I (1914-1918), Environmental Cleanup, Subway Transportation, Mustard
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Arbutus volunteers among responders to Saturday's haz-mat incident at Walmart
Among 72 calls for medical and fire-rescue service the Arbutus Volunteer Fore Department received Oct. 2-9 were the following: Bloomsbury Avenue, 200 block, 10:01 p.m. Oct. 8. Crews from the Arbutus volunteer station and Catonsville career station...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Pikesville, Motorvehicle Accidents, Catonsville, Transportation Accidents
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Mayor announces new hazardous waste dropoff program
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake threw the first ceremonial trash over the side of a raised platform into a bin below, as the city Tuesday unveiled a reconfigured Northwest Sanitation Yard that city officials said would give north Baltimore residents a...Tags: Bernard C. Young, Public Officials, Government, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Baltimore County hazardous waste collection Sunday
Baltimore County residents may drop off hazardous waste items Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Waste can be dropped off at the Western Acceptance Facility, 3310 Transway Road, located off the 4500 block of Hollins Ferry Road in Halethorpe. Items accepted...Tags: Baltimore County, Halethorpe
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Stevenson University buys Shire drug plant in Owings Mills
Stevenson University has bought the Shire Pharmaceuticals plant next door to its Owings Mills campus, a $10.5 million deal that a school official said will expand the grounds by a third and help meet the goal of increasing full-time student enrollment...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Colleges and Universities, Health and Safety at School, Drugs and Medicines, Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
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Hazardous waste dropoff set for Dec. 2-3 in city
Baltimore city residents' next opportunity to leave household hazardous waste at the Northwest Citizen Convenience Center on Sisson Street will come between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 3. The center's regular dropoff days would have been held the...Tags: Layoffs and Downsizing
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Baltimore city takes in hazardous waste on drop-off day
Gail Pickering of Baltimore put some gasoline aside last winter when her snow plow broke down. Months later she tried giving it away but found out it was too old to use. Pickering finally parted with the petrol on Saturday, dropping it off at the city...Tags: Baltimore Polytechnic Institute
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Army wants to change permit for hazardous waste facility
Residents are invited to attend a public hearing on the Army's request to add a hazardous waste facility already on Aberdeen Proving Ground to its environmental permits. The Army advertised a hearing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the Edgewood Library, at...Tags: Environmental Pollution, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Cleanup, U.S. Army, Aberdeen Proving Ground
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It's time for U.S. to pass an energy bill
The old saying goes that if you put a million chimpanzees into a room with a million typewriters for enough time, one of them will eventually write Shakespeare. Unfortunately, we do not have a room full of chimpanzees, but we have the next best thing...Tags: Energy Saving, Animals, Willie Nelson, Colleges and Universities, Al Gore
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Why the long lines to dump old paint?
Long lines of cars snaked around Baltimore Polytechnic Institute last Saturday during a one-day collection of household hazardous waste. Some 1,800 vehicles inched their way through the school's parking lot so the drivers could dispose of their cargo...Tags: Waste, Waste Management and Pollution Control, Sheila Dixon, Wetlands, Waste Management Incorporated
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End of mercury thermometers is near
It was one of Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit's most famous inventions, in 1714. But after nearly 300 years on the market, the still-common mercury thermometer now appears headed for extinction.
While many Maryland residents probably still have them in their...Tags: Regional Authority, Marketing, American Petroleum, Waste Management Incorporated, Companies and Corporations
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