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The following category relates to environmental incidents linked to waste management and waste sites and facilities. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
The Mobro 4000 was a barge owned by MOBRO Marine, Inc. made infamous in 1987 for hauling the same load of trash along the east coast of North America from New York City to Belize and back until a way was found to dispose of the garbage.
The Khian Sea waste disposal incident was an incident in maritime waste disposal.The Liberian cargo ship Khian Sea was loaded with 14,000 tons of ash from waste incinerators in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in August 1986.
Pages in category "Waste disposal incidents in the United States" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
More: Nuclear waste disposal permit issued for New Mexico site, WIPP to get bigger in November Following the incident, WIPP’s airflow was restricted to about 170,000 cubic feet per minute (cfm).
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Basin F, a disposal site in the United States created in 1956 for contaminated liquid wastes from the chemical manufacturing operations of the Army and its lessee Shell Chemicals company; Coastal erosion in Louisiana; Nigeria gully erosion crisis, since before 1980; Exide lead contamination at seven locations in the United States, since 1989