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2. Kalamazoo Superfund Site - Wikipedia

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   Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) constitute a wide array of now-banned organic chemicals with a variety of industrial applications. At the Kalamazoo River site, most PCBs are a result of the recycling of carbonless copy paper during the 1970s, the waste products from which were dumped into the river.

3. Polychlorinated biphenyl - Wikipedia

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   There are 209 different chemical compounds in which one to ten chlorine atoms can replace hydrogen atoms. PCBs are typically used as mixtures of compounds and are given the single identifying CAS number 1336-36-3. About 130 different individual PCBs are found in commercial PCB products. [11]: 2 Toxic effects vary depending on the specific PCB.

4. Environmental remediation - Wikipedia

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   Dredging contaminated sediment in New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts. The harbor is contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).. Environmental remediation is the cleanup of hazardous substances dealing with the removal, treatment and containment of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, groundwater, sediment. [1]

5. Bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls - Wikipedia

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   Bioremediation is a waste removal method that uses microorganisms to degrade or remove wastes like organic waste and heavy metal from contaminated sites including both soil and water. The advantages of bioremediation are that it is environment-friendly, inexpensive and can remove multiple wastes simultaneously comparing with traditional ...

6. Technical Guidance WM2 - Wikipedia

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   Technical Guidance WM2: Hazardous Waste: Interpretation of the definition and classification of hazardous waste [1] is a guidance document developed and jointly published by the English Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales, Scottish Environment Protection Agency and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to provide guidance on the assessment and classification of hazardous waste based ...

7. Category:Hazmat templates - Wikipedia

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   If the template has a separate documentation page (usually called "Template:template name/doc"), add [[Category:Hazmat templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page.

8. Warren County PCB Landfill - Wikipedia

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   Warren County PCB Landfill was a PCB landfill located in Warren County, North Carolina, near the community of Afton south of Warrenton. The landfill was created in 1982 by the State of North Carolina as a place to dump contaminated soil as result of an illegal PCB dumping incident.

9. Recycling codes - Wikipedia

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   Recycling codes on products. Recycling codes are used to identify the materials out of which the item is made, to facilitate easier recycling process.The presence on an item of a recycling code, a chasing arrows logo, or a resin code, is not an automatic indicator that a material is recyclable; it is an explanation of what the item is made of.