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2. List of Superfund sites in Colorado - Wikipedia

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   Soil, solid waste, liquid waste, groundwater, surface water and air contamination and debris contaminated by VOCs, pesticides, herbicides and arsenic from an oil refinery, a pesticide manufacturing facility, acid pits and a landfill. [23] 12/30/1982: 09/08/1983

3. Frederick County to hold hazardous waste drop-off event

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   Nov. 1—The Frederick County Division of Solid Waste and Recycling will hold a drop-off event this weekend for residents looking to safely dispose of household hazardous materials. To participate ...

4. Clean Harbors - Wikipedia

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   Clean Harbors, Inc. was founded in 1980 in Brockton, Massachusetts, [5] [6] a Boston suburb, by Alan S. McKim, who continues as the company's CEO and chairman. The company had one truck and four employees who transported and disposed of hazardous wastes for local businesses, and over time expanded to offer emergency hazardous waste cleaning services and industrial waste disposal, as well as ...

5. Radioactive contamination from the Rocky Flats Plant

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   One of four example estimates of the plutonium (Pu-239) plume from the 1957 fire at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant. The Rocky Flats Plant, a former United States nuclear weapons production facility located about 15 miles (24 km) northwest of Denver, caused radioactive (primarily plutonium, americium, and uranium) contamination within and outside its boundaries. [1]

6. Landfills in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The EPA has collected and reported data on the generation and disposal of waste in the United States for more than 30 years. [1] Recent estimates state that the amount of municipal waste disposed of in US landfills per year is about 265 million tonnes (261,000,000 long tons; 292,000,000 short tons) as of 2013. [24]

7. Household hazardous waste - Wikipedia

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   This has encouraged a trend of local collection programs evolving from household hazardous waste only to also include small business hazardous waste collection. California has introduced an Electronic Waste Recycling Act. While most states recognize the exemption for home generated hazardous waste in 40 CFR, California has established Section ...