Ciera tracked Zion’s location through her phone’s GPS and saw she was near the Seven Mile and Greenfield area on Detroit’s west side where Brazier lived. Zion texted her later saying she was coming home, but never did. Ciera called Brazier who she claims said, "He t...
The third plastic bag dropped off at a Walmart in west suburban Elmhurst ended up at a landfill near Atkinson, Illinois, about two and a half hours west of Chicago. A spokesperson said the facility does not have a plastic bag recycling program. And our fourth bag was dropped off at a ...
The decay rate variable is generally reflective of site-specific conditions but is an average value and doesn’t account for complexities such as cover soils, climate, diurnal variation [daylight hours] … and similar factors,” notes Staley. He provided the following estimates on methane...
Operations such as asbestos and auto shredder waste disposal, sewage sludge processing and an increase in the amount of trash the site accepts each day all required environmental review, Miller said. Advertisement “They would change things a little bit and we’d have to assess whether that affec...
More than 500 people who lived near the BKK Landfill in West Covina before it was closed to toxic waste in 1984 are sharing in one of the largest settlements ever obtained in a toxic-waste case--$43 million, lawyers disclosed Wednesday. A suit filed in 1980 against BKK Corp. and W&A;...
(pozzolanic) properties. When water is added, the ladle slag hardens to a concrete-like consistency after only a few hours as a result of primarily hydration reactions. Sample specimens consisting of pure ladle slag disintegrated after three months, probably due to the high content of CaO and ...
"My job is very interesting because we talk to the public on a daily basis," said Kangas, who inspects the Fargo landfill at least once a week. "The odor part is such a small part of my job. I enjoy my job, so to go on an odor complaint, it doesn't bother me." ...
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“I said, ‘Look, whatever we do, we’ve got to keep the big and green. These are views most people would have to drive hours to see.’ ” Fresh Kills was slowly filled in—the idea, of course, being simply to level off the meadows. A mile-and-a-half-long lake was displaced...