Category: Incineration
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Trash Incinerator Ash – Nearly 30 tons for every 100 tons burned
For every 100 tons burned in an incinerator, about 30 tons of toxic ash are produced. This is evidenced by the data from various incinerators. Below is data from trash incinerators in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, where state waste disposal databases provide the tonnages burned and tons of ash disposed. Pennsylvania now provides this raw…
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Beyond Incineration: Best Waste Management Strategies for Montgomery County, Maryland
Covanta’s trash incinerator in Montgomery County, Maryland is the largest air industrial polluter in the county, by far. Following a massive waste pile fire that burned for nearly two weeks in late 2016, we’ve been supporting our member group, Sugarloaf Citizens’ Association, to close this incinerator for good. We worked with them and other local…
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Our first victory of 2017! Hazardous waste incinerator defeated in the heart of gasland.
On March 29th, 2017, a rural township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, passed a local clean air law based on one we drafted for them in June 2016. It may be the first in the country to contain a “citizen suit” provision, allowing any Township resident or taxpayer to sue to enforce the ordinance if the…