Pollution & Hazardous Waste

3+ hour, 14+ min ago   (231+ words) With Ontario’s municipal elections coming up on October 26, Lambton OPP have issued a warning to anyone thinking about messing with campaign signs. Officers are reminding the public that tampering with or damaging campaign property isn't just a nuisance, it’s a…...

8+ hour, 4+ min ago   (367+ words) JOHOR BAHRU, Sept 15 – The Solid Waste and Public Cleansing Management Corporation (SWCorp) is currently finalising four investigation papers on the dumping of construction waste from Singapore in Pontian. Johor SWCorp director Zainal Fitri Ahmad said that the investigation papers are…...

2+ hour, 57+ min ago   (292+ words) Illegal dumping costs the City of Philadelphia nearly $9 million each year in cleanup efforts, according to City Controller Christy Brady’s latest monthly Municipal Money Matters report. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, Brady released the latest report, which found that in fiscal year…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (386+ words) DuPont, Chemours and Corteva agreed to a $590 million settlement with North Carolina to resolve claims they contaminated the state’s environment with PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The settlement marks the largest environmental damages recovery in North Carolina’s history, North Carolina Attorney…...

9+ hour, 9+ min ago   (62+ words) WALB Granger celebrates 60 years of changing waste services Two juveniles arrested after stolen handgun recovered from bushes in Valdosta Douglas man sentenced to 60 years in prison for child sex crimes in Coffee County Wilcox State Prison legionnaires’ disease investigation enters…...

18+ hour, 36+ min ago   (55+ words) Yahoo News Canada A Calgary recycling company that operates a site where a fire has been burning for more than a week was recently convicted of breaching bylaws and, on Friday, was found to have a 'continuous disregard' for local…...

9+ hour, 47+ min ago   (517+ words) BUNNELL — During a workshop Sept. 14, the Board of County Commissioners unanimously directed legal staff to prepare an administrative appeal to Bunnell's "Butterfly Landfill" approval. The decision means a conflict-resolution process could be on the way. Established under the 2026 Florida Statutes,…...

14+ hour, 35+ min ago   (580+ words) A truck driver has been fined $2,091 after dumping demolition waste in Melbourne's north, before giving the state's Environment Protection Authority a bizarre explanation. Last month, the man was found to have illegally dumped a skip bin-sized load of rubbish next…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (454+ words) PCP in the lobster chowder: Titanic’s set poisoning is still an unsolved crime 3DVF PCP in the lobster chowder: Titanic’s set poisoning is still an unsolved crime James Cameron would later joke that he’d been high on angel dust, and he…...

21+ hour ago   (469+ words) Posted Sep 14, 2026 3:55 pm. The City of Calgary has been taking legal action against a company whose private landfill is the site of a stubborn fire that has been sending smoke over parts of the city’s southeast for more than a…...