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A really bad piece of 2021 legislation in Virginia – ‘Advanced Recycling’

Posted by Bill on April 19, 2021

The 2021 Virginia legislature passed a really bad compromise piece of “environmental” legislation. They swapped a styrofoam ban for extremely polluted air, water, and land. Instead of…

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R-Board Meeting 5/21 – Correction of Comments made by Some R-Board members

Posted by Bill on May 23, 2014

At today’s meeting, the R-Board discussed moving forward with the RFP to award a contract to some as-yet-unknown company. After the Public Presentations, some statements were made by Board…

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Incinerators – The Dirty Truth

Posted by Bill on May 4, 2014

Facts Rule Out Trash Gasification (Including pyrolysis, plasma arc, and other variations of staged incineration) – Clean Water Action [and Don’t Waste Massachusetts, Energy Justice, EcoCycle and the Global…

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Links between fracking & smog pollution

Posted by Bill on April 18, 2014

A story posted by the Texas Observer cites research conducted by a student at the University of North Texas suggests that pollution from fracking contributes a much larger…

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Material Safety Data Sheet on Tire-Derived Oil – Ouch!

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.conradind.com/pi_tire_derived_oil_msds.asp OSHA requires chemical reporting on potentially hazardous materials through Material Safety Data Sheets. The MSDA on tire-derived oil reveals a nasty list of the hazardous effects…

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Waste Rubber-Derived Oil – Toxic, and part of the previous Stafford Incinerator Proposal

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://psrcentre.org/images/extraimages/413024.pdf Pyrolysis of waste tires makes “a dark brown to almost black liquid which is highly viscous with a sharp and irritating smell, and contain high concentration…

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The Land Beneath the Parks – Toxic Waste In Playgrounds

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.miamiherald.com/static/media/projects/the-land-beneath-the-parks Dumping grounds for waste and incinerator ash around Miami were covered over with parks and playgrounds. Methane, arsenic, benzo(a)pyrene, and other hazardous chemicals have been found in the…

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Health Effects of Recycled Waste Tires in Playgrounds

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/publications/Documents/Tires%5C62206013.pdf California funded this study of recycled tires’ toxicity, specifically in playground and running tracks. The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment produced detailed analysis of chemicals and…

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An Industry Blowing Smoke – Need Help Understanding Terminology?

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://www.no-burn.org/downloads/BlowingSmokeReport.pdf Are you looking for definitions for all the big, foreign words in the incinerator industry? Through myth-busting explanations and clarifications, this report explains the awful effects…

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Human Health Effects of Biomass Incineration

Posted by Bill on April 11, 2014

http://saveamericasforests.org/Forests%20-%20Incinerators%20-%20Biomass/Documents/Briefing/ Three accomplished physicians, and the co-director of Biofuelwatch explain to Congress that biomass incinerators (including tire incinerators) are an unacceptable waste solution. The first presentation describes Vermont’s…

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