Enhanced Plastic Carryout Bag Ban in Effect July 1, 2022
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2022
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reminds retail shoppers in the state their options are soon to change for packaging groceries and consumer goods.
DNREC Urges Clean Alternatives to Burning Yard Waste
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Air Quality | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 2, 2022
DNREC reminds residents that open burning of materials such as tree limbs, brush and branches is not allowed from May 1 through Sept. 30.
DNREC Encourages Delawareans to Recycle Christmas Trees
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, December 20, 2021
The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control encourages Delawareans to regift their real Christmas trees to the environment by recycling them at one of the many yard waste recycling facilities located throughout the state.
DNREC to Hold Pharmaceutical Rule Training Webinar
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Thursday, June 10, 2021
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will host a training webinar Tuesday, June 22 to provide guidance for the state’s Pharmaceutical Rule adopted in January 2021, addressing changes to management standards for hazardous waste pharmaceuticals, as well as changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Final Rule P075 listing for nicotine waste.
DNREC Issues Corrective Action Permit to Diamond State Port Corporation for Former Chemours Edgemoor Site
Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control | Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances | Date Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2021
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has issued a permit to the Diamond State Port Corporation (DSPC) to continue corrective actions at the former Chemours Edgemoor industrial facility in redeveloping it as a shipping container facility. The corrective actions are required under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), with authority for implementing the act delegated to the state of Delaware.
