Insights

EPA Guidance on Hazardous Waste Incineration Backlog

Last month, KTL published an article on the national incinerator slowdown many Large Quantity Generators (LQGs) and Small Quantity Generators...

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Hand Sanitizer Disposal

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many of our nation’s distilleries and ethanol plants began producing ethanol-based hand sanitizer to meet...

Creating Sustainable Impacts Part 2: Lifecycle Analysis (LCA)

As discussed in Part 1 of KTL’s series on Creating Sustainable Impacts, sustainable materials management (SMM) broadens the ideas behind...

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National Incinerator Slowdown

According to Environmental Protection, more than 200 million tons of hazardous waste are generated each year. Much of that hazardous...

Food Supply Chain

FDA’s Focus on Food Traceability

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 48 million Americans—about one in six—get sick with a...

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Creating Sustainable Impacts Part 1: SMM vs. IWM

How we use materials and products is a large factor in energy use, climate change, raw material consumption, and our...