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Central Australia’s Creature graveyard

Central Australia’s Creature graveyard

The figure has been shown from the Alice Springs regional waste management facility report for October. The dead pet you asked the vet to dispose of will wind up buried in landfill, in most places across the nation, and Alice Springs is not any different. “it is a combo of horses, dogs, cats, pigs, any animal that dies,” explained Alice Springs council technical services manager Greg Buxton. “Road kill, kangaroos and that, the rangers select up them, and you’ve got…

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Open Menu burning wins out over closed incinerator for M6 propellant in Camp Minden

Open Menu burning wins out over closed incinerator for M6 propellant in Camp Minden

The very first of many public meetings regarding the disposal of over 15 million pounds of M6 propellant in Camp Minden drew close to 150 concerned officials and citizens to the Minden Civic Center Thursday night. There, they learned the arrangement reached between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army, that will finance the $28.5 million clean up of their illegally stored substance left by Explo Systems, Inc., calls strictly for open air burning. “Local builders, the Maddens,…

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Another challenge: disposing of waste

Another challenge: disposing of waste

Just one Ebola patient treated in a U.S. hospital will generate eight 55-gallon barrels of medical waste each day. Protective gloves, gowns, masks and booties are donned and doffed by all who approach the patient’s bedside and then discarded. Disposable medical tools, packaging, bed sheets, cups, plates, tissues, towels, pillowcases and anything which is utilized to clean up after the individual has to be thrown away. Dealing with this assortment of pathogen-filled debris without triggering new illnesses is a legal…

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