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Column: "Few Rules for Recycling Electronics" [1]

A company that collects used electronic equipment for "recycling" comes under fire from activists who say the waste is sent to developing countries and mishandled.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: NYTimes [5], 06/02/2009
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"Toxic Mud, Heading to Texas, Stirs Town" [6]

The toxic, PCB-laced sediment now being dredged from the Hudson River has to go somewhere -- a landfill in Texas.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
National (U.S.) [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 06/01/2009
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"Ash on the Fly" [9]

Terry and Sandy Gupton are worried for the health of both their cattle and themselves. They live near the stretch of the Emory River clogged with coal ash sludge from a Dec. 22, 2008, spill from a TVA plant.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Chattanooga Times [11], 05/26/2009
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WV Reporter Uses FOIA To Probe Drilling Waste [12]

Billy Wolfe, of the Clarksburg Exponent Telegram, learns more about the chemicals in the hydraulic fracturing fluid used by gas-drilling companies.
SEJ Publication Types: 
WatchDog TipSheet [13]
Topics on the Beat: 
Chemicals [14]
Natural Resources [15]
Waste [2]
Government [16]
Journalism & Media [17]
Region: 
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [18]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
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"Dredging of Pollutants Begins in Hudson" [19]

After a 25-year delay, dredging has finally begun to remove PCB-laced sediments from the stretch of the Hudson River polluted by a GE plant.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [20]
Source: NYTimes [21], 05/18/2009
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June 16, 2009 to June 19, 2009

Air & Waste Management Association's Annual Conference & Exhibition [22]

The A&WMA's 102nd annual meeting will feature a technical program with more than 500 speakers and hundreds of exhibitors displaying the latest products and services.
Professional Meetings [23]
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Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [24]
Waste [2]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]

Nations Reach Ship-Breaking Treaty [26]

After more than five years of negotiations, delegates from 64 countries reached broad consensus in Hong Kong Thursday on a new treaty regulating the recycling of ships.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
International [4]
Source: NYTimes [27], 05/15/2009
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May 18, 2009 to May 21, 2009

International Thermal Treatment Technologies & Hazardous Waste Combustors [28]

The Air & Waste Management Association will present sessions on thermal treatment technologies for the management of hazardous, radioactive, mixed, munitions, medical/pharmaceutical, and municipal wastes.
Professional Meetings [23]
Visibility: 
Public [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Waste [2]
Technology [29]
Region: 
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [25]

EPA To Take Over Tennessee Coal-Ash Cleanup [30]

EPA announced Monday that it would take over cleanup of the Kingston, Tennessee, fly ash spill from a TVA plant under the Superfund hazardous waste law.
Waste [2]
Public [3]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: Knoxville News [31], 05/12/2009
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Jury Acquits Grace in Libby Asbestos Case [32]

"A federal court jury on Friday acquitted the big chemical products company W. R. Grace and three of its former executives on all charges that they had knowingly contaminated the small Montana mining town of Libby with asbestos, then conspired to cover up the deed."
Waste [2]
Public [3]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [33]
Source: NYTimes [34], 05/10/2009
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