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How to Dispose of Used Aerosol Cans

Robert B. Greene, PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP Robert B. Greene, PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP

One question we commonly hear is, “What should I do with used aerosol cans generated at my facility? Are they regulated as a hazardous waste?” Regulations on aerosol can disposal are different for commercial users than for residential users, and knowing the difference is key to complying with EPA and state regulations. The used aerosol...

Environmental Risk Management: What Lenders Need to Know

Edmund Smith, CHMM Edmund Smith, CHMM

Potential environmental problems on collateral property represent one of a commercial lender’s largest risk exposures. The discovery of previously unknown contamination can cause a property’s value to plummet, while simultaneously entailing remediation costs far in excess of any remaining value derived from the property. These costs can quickly become the lender’s problem when the borrower...

Legionnaires’ Disease: Prevention and Control

Robert B. Greene, PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP Robert B. Greene, PE, PG, CIH, LEED AP

When a deadly disease such as Legionnaires strikes, building managers and owners hold their breath, but not for fear of getting sick. They held their breaths because nobody wants to be responsible for such an outbreak. Legionnaires’ Disease is an infectious disease that is spread not by human-to-human contact, but through aerosolized water particles, usually...

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How to Dispose of Used Aerosol Cans

Environmental Risk Management: What Lenders Need to Know

Legionnaires’ Disease: Prevention and Control

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