With the federal Generator Improvements Rule – the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established a conditional allowance for the episodic generation of hazardous waste. As a result, very small quantity generators (VSQG) and small quantity generators (SQG) can...
If your Wisconsin facility sent out 50 pounds or more of infectious waste during any calendar month, then you'll need to file a WI DNR annual infectious waste report. Fortunately, MERI's Genesis customer portal is a great tool to help our existing customers find the...
When defining Wisconsin's solid waste rule (NR 661.002), what does the WI Department of Natural Resources consider a solid waste? Broadly speaking, an item is a solid waste if it is no longer being used for its originally intended purpose. It is being discarded...
The WI DNR recently updated its Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements regulations. Changes to this, along with other regulations that affect healthcare facilities, were adopted in Wisconsin in September, 2020. In our previous blog, we addressed Wisconsin’s new...
WI Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals have new disposal regulations and Wisconsin healthcare facilities must follow them. They are part of sweeping changes to WI DNR hazardous waste management rules that took effect on September 1, 2020. The majority of the WI hazardous...
Did your Wisconsin company generate and ship 50 pounds or more of infectious waste during any calendar month of 2020? If so, it is time to file your WI DNR Infectious Waste Report. March 1, 2021 is the usually the deadline to submit it - but it has now been extended...
It's time to file your Wi DNR Infectious Waste Report. That means that it's also time for many of our Wisconsin customers to start pulling their facility’s annual infectious waste numbers from MERI’s customer portal for the WI DNR. Remember, the report applies...
MERI’s Free Nursing Home Compliance Review helps facilities see if they are properly disposing of their infectious and hazardous waste. With additional enforcement on proper infectious and hazardous waste disposal, nursing home compliance is critical. If a DNR...