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This is a list of Superfund sites in Indiana 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]
A landfill [a] is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was simply left in piles or thrown into pits (known in archeology as middens).
The fire occurred on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, around 3 p.m. EDT, when a semi-trailer carrying plastics behind the recycling processing facility was engulfed in flames. [10] [11] Numerous emergency responders, including the Indiana State Police and sheriff departments from Richmond, Indiana and Wayne County, Indiana, assisted with evacuations.
The site is 6,990 acres (28.3 km 2), located in west central Indiana, near the Wabash River, two miles south of Newport, Indiana, and thirty-two miles north of Terre Haute. [2] It was built during 1942–1943 by the E.I. Dupont de Nemours & Co., the original operating contractor of the site, and was originally known as the Wabash River Ordnance ...
Food waste has been a serious issue in the United States for some time. The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that about 133 billion pounds of food from stores, restaurants and homes went ...
Republic Services, Inc. is a North American waste disposal company whose services include non-hazardous solid waste collection, waste transfer, waste disposal, recycling, and energy services. It is the second largest provider of waste disposal in the United States (as measured by revenue) after Waste Management .
Divert, Inc. is an American impact technology company that works to eliminate wasted food and create sustainable infrastructure to reduce the impact of waste on the environment and society. [1] Divert works to assist the grocery industry in achieving the United Nations and US objectives of reducing waste by 50% by 2030.
“SB 707 isn’t just about recycling; it’s about transforming the way we think about textile waste.” The landmark bill passed with wide support from state legislators, reported The Guardian.