Proposed Environmental Protection Agency rules for the disposal of hazardous waste pharmaceuticals will prevent hospitals and other healthcare facilities from flushing drugs down the toilet or drain.

Beginning seven years ago when the Associated Press released a report that revealed trace amounts of pharmaceuticals were found in the drinking water used by at least 46 million Americans, hospitals ...

HOUSTON, Jan. 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In a move set to strengthen the nation's approach to pharmaceutical waste management, PureWay and the Pharmaceutical Product Stewardship Work Group (PPSWG) today ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced two new proposed hazardous waste rules that EPA believes would clarify and simplify requirements for health care facilities and retail ...

Lewes, Delaware, Jan. 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Pharmaceutical Waste Management Market Size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.91% from 2026 to 2032, according to a new report published ...

In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seemed to be on the road to providing some much-needed clarity to hospitals and other medical facilities concerning the disposal of ...

Three Ventura County hospitals sent untreated medical or pharmaceutical waste — from blood-soaked medical supplies to intravenous tubes still containing medication — to a Santa Paula-area landfill, ...

This is not a typical plastics recycling story. One company is taking medical and pharmaceutical waste and turning that hard-to-recycle material into plastic lumber in Pennsylvania. And there are ...

By expanding into Oklahoma, Biogenic Solutions provides small and mid-sized practices with a streamlined, cost-effective alternative to complex ...

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