Metal Recyclers Sue California To Block First-Time Hazardous Waste Rules

Metal shredding and recycling businesses are suing a California regulatory agency to block implementation of its hazardous waste facility permitting requirements, charging that the new rules mark the first time that scrap metal has been defined as a hazardous waste under state or federal law and would be a death-knell to the valuable industry. “The scrap metal recycling industry provides critical recycling services for millions of end-of-life vehicles, household appliances and other forms of scrap metal and is the one...