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Stericycle: A Triple Screener Hit

2014-09-29 20:47:09| Waste Management - Topix.net

Just a generation ago, our collective attitude to hazardous waste might have been described as lackadaisical, at best. Syringes, bio-wastes and other waste products from the health care system often went into regular waste streams with little concern.

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Utah opens criminal probe into Stericycle medical waste incinerator

2014-09-26 02:34:55| Waste Management - Topix.net

Utah Governor Gary Herbert asked the state's attorney general on Thursday to open a criminal probe into allegations of misconduct at a medical waste incinerator that environmental activists have accused of polluting the air. The criminal investigation comes in addition to separate probes launched last week by the state's Department of Environmental Quality and its Labor Commission into activities at the plant owned by Stericycle in North Salt Lake.

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OSHA says Stericycle illegally terminated Wichita employee

2014-09-26 02:34:54| Waste Management - Topix.net

The federal Department of Labor said Thursday that it had found Stericycle Inc. in violation of OSHA regulations because the company terminated a transportation supervisor in Wichita who had raised safety concerns. An investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration "found the company wrongfully terminated a transportation supervisor at its Wichita terminal because the worker raised safety concerns after a driver was instructed to pull a trailer without a valid license plate," the release said.

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Stericycle Linked to Burning of Radioactive Waste

2014-09-18 22:37:00| Waste Age

<a href="http://www.standard.net">Standard Examiner</a> A former employee of Stericycle claims the waste incineration company routinely burned radioactive waste and was haphazard in its oversight at the Davis County facility. Content Classification: Curated read more

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