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In the early 1990s, the Clean Air Act increased regulations on trash-burning facilities causing the number of plants to shrink from more than 1,100 in 1990 to fewer than 90 today. Connecticut is host to six of those facilities, in part due to a conscious commitment to reduce the number of landfill developments and find environmentally ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Connecticut designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
This is a list of landfills in the United States.A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment.Historically, landfills have been the most common method of organized waste disposal and remain so in many places around the world.
If you have questions about solid waste in Raleigh, call 919-996-3245. Cary Christmas garbage schedule. Trash and recycling collection will be delayed by one day for all customers and extend into ...
Staples is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.It occupies the eastern side of the town and is bordered to the north by Cross Highway, to the west by Compo Road, to the south by U.S. Route 1 (Post Road), and to the east by the town of Fairfield.
The site was in operation from 1949 to 1987. In the 1960s the site was excavated in some areas to bedrock. According to a 1972 Inventory of clients serviced by the landfill conducted by the CT DEP [clarification needed], 107,000 short tons (97,000 t) of solid waste and 46 short tons (42 t) of liquid waste were disposed of per year at the Laurel Park Landfill. [1]
06082. Area code: 860: FIPS code: 09-37770: GNIS feature ID: 2377824: Hazardville is a section of the town of Enfield, Connecticut, United States, in Hartford County. [1]
Enfield was the headquarters of Pilch Meat Breeders, which was once the second-largest broiler breeder in the world. The company was founded by Chester Pilch in 1936, and sold in 1969 to DeKalb Agricultural Research Corp. At its peak, Pilch owned 230 acres in Enfield, had farms in four countries, and produced about 24 million chickens a year.