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East Liverpool Hazardous Waste Incinerator


Name: East Liverpool Hazardous Waste Incinerator
Category: Waste
Archive ID#: OH1816
 
Description: Around 60,000 tons of hazardous material, containing contaminants such as lead, mercury and arsenic, are burned in this incinerator on the Ohio River every year, making it one of the largest of its type in the world. It is operated by VonRoll America Incorporated's Waste Technology Industries, and went  on line in 1993, despite being only 1,100 feet from a school.
Location: (POINT(-80.54872 40.631313))
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Address: OH
Links: http://www.ohiocitizen.org/campaigns/wti/publicrelations.html
LCS: Chemical Waste Site, Incinerator, Waste
   
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