Friday, January 25, 2013
Throwing out that old TV? Not so fast, the Pennsylvania Covered Device Recycling Act has taken effect. – Also, a list of upcoming e-waste collection events throughout the county.
Residents and businesses across Montgomery County, and throughout the state, are no longer allowed to toss out their old TVs, computers or other electronic devices with their regular trash pickup. Instead, they will have to adhere to the Pennsylvania Covered Device Recycling Act (CDRA), which was passed in 2010 and went into effect Jan. 24. According to a recent press release by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), unless a municipality has a curbside electronics collection program, trash haulers will not collect electronic devices and its components, and will leave them on the curbside. Such electronic devices must be taken to an electronics collection location for proper recycling. “This law is an important step…
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Pennsylvania reports positive mosquitos and other sources earlier than usual this year.
June and early July typically mark the beginning of West Nile season, a time when you should become wary of mosquitoes and work to eliminate all standing water on your property. But thanks to an unusually mild and wet winter, we are well into the thick of West Nile season already, with 25 counties logging West Nile-positive mosquitoes to date, says Amanda Witman, a spokeswoman with the state Department of Environmental Protection. West Nile-positive reports by county: There have been no human cases of the mosquito-borne infection in Pennsylvania so far this year. Symptoms can range from very mild to severe. Click here for a complete list of symptoms and more detail on who is most at risk. To protect yourself, Witman gave these pointers:
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Dissolved oxygen levels and pH were found to be normal.
Environmental impact from Tuesday's tractor-trailer accident, which spilled about 180 gallons of fuel onto Interstate 76, was limited to a few gallons of diesel, the state DEP reported Thursday. Two large, dead carp were found in the Flat Rock Park area on River Road in Gladwyne Wednesday. However, dissolved oxygen levels and pH were found to be normal, Lynda Rebarchak, in the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection's Norristown office, wrote in an email. "Montgomery County Hazmat and the local fire department reported that at most, a few gallons of diesel had entered the storm drain," wrote Rebarchak. Because of the minor impact on the river and heavy rain overnight Tuesday, the DEP believes Wednesday's reported fish kill is …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Radium-266 was discovered in a Chester County trash bin at the Norristown waste transfer station.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
According to a release issued by the Department of Environmental Protection, the DEP is looking for anyone who knows the history of an antique medical kit found in a Chester County trash bin to contact the agency’s Bureau of Radiation Protection. On Thursday, Jan. 19, a load of construction debris set off radiation alarms at the Waste Management Inc. (WMI) transfer station in Norristown. WMI detained the truck and deployed a health physicist to recover the radioactive material, later identified as approximately one curie of radium-226. According to the DEP, Radium is about one million times more active than uranium. Historically, radium was found to cause serious health impacts when taken internally, where it can deposit in bone. In large …
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Montgomery County, along with Philadelphia and other surrounding counties, is being asked to conserve water.
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has issused a drought watch alert for Montgomery County, despite this past week's heavy thunderstorms. With the drought watch, the DEP asks residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 5% for "non-essential" purposes. It also puts large water consumers "on notice to begin planning for the possibility of reduced water supplies." The watch is in effect for 40 counties, including Montgomery, Delaware, Philadelphia, Bucks and Chester. (Chester County precipitation deficits over the past 90 days are 4.4 inches below normal, the agency stated.) Four upstate counties are under a more serious designation — a "drought warning," which asks residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 10 …
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11:08 am on Friday, April 26, 2013
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