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Efficient stove technology eases N. Kenya’s medical waste problem

WAMBA, Kenya, June 30 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Poor weather, security threats and bad roads have made disposing of the Wamba district hospital’s medical waste a challenge.

The nearest incinerator is about 200 kilometres (125 miles) away and “travelling was not possible during heavy rains because connecting roads were cut off by floods,” said Stephen Lesrumat, a medic at the hospital.

But now the north-central Kenyan hospital has a solution to its problems, and a way of cutting climate changing emissions and deforestation: A high-efficiency medical waste incinerator that uses just a fifth the fuel of a traditional incinerator.

The wood burner, which takes advantage of powerful winds in the region to drive the flames, borrows technology from fuel-efficient stoves. It can safely eliminate waste produced by the Wamba hospital and by 22 other health centres in Samburu County, said Lesrumat and Ibrahim Lokomoi, the facility’s engineer.

“It has reduced the burden of travelling outside the county to get rid of medical waste,” Lesrumat said, sparing hospitals a potentially dangerous build-up of medical waste during periods when roads are impassible.

During previous flood periods, when hospital waste could not be transported, “I was worried because the waste is toxic,” Lesrumat said. “It could cause health and environment damage if it accidentally spilled into the community.”

Run-ins with al Shabaab militants can also be a hazard for some medical workers in Kenya driving long distances in their jobs, medics said.

“Northern Kenya is very expansive and has so many challenges that the government struggles to deliver services,” said Onyango Okoth the assistant commissioner of Samburu County.

Now the Wamba incinerator handles between 5 and 20 kilograms of medical waste a day.

As the burner operates, a young worker clad in protective clothing flips open the lid of the chamber to monitor the process of incineration.

Seeing the last batch of waste is almost eliminated, he reaches for a barrel containing an assortment of used rubber gloves, syringes and polythene waste, pours in some of the waste, mixes it with a forked rod and then replaces the lid to allow the incineration to continue.

The Centers for Diseases Control in Kenya estimates that every patient admitted in a hospital generates at least 0.5 kilograms of medical waste. The National Environment Management Authority requires every health facility to dispose of medical waste through incineration.

SOLAR INCINERATION?

The next step, Kenyan clean energy experts say, may be to begin incinerating waste using even more sustainable sources of energy, such as solar power.

“Kenya is investing heavily in alternative energy sources,” said Johnson Kimani of the Kenya Climate Change Working Group. “Solar and biogas should be factored into medical waste incineration if the government is committed to its pledge of achieving a green economy.”

James Lebasha, of the International Medical Corps, which helped construct the Wamba incinerator, said the burner may be just the first for the region.

“We hope to build more units in morthern Kenya to enable communities access this service,” he said. (Reporting by Kagondu Njagi; editing by Laurie Goering :; Please credit the Thomson Reuters Foundation, the charitable arm of Thomson Reuters, that covers humanitarian news, climate change, women’s rights, trafficking and corruption. Visit www.trust.org/climate)

from: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/30/kenya-medical-energy-idUSL8N0ZG1M220150630

Oil Waste Incinerator

Basic Info.

Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Key Features: 
* All models with Dual combustion chamber. 
* Stainless Steel chimney/stack, long lifetime. *according to order 
* High temperature, long lifetime of incinerator. 
* Free or minimum installation on site. 
* High burn rate, from 10kgs to 500kgs per hour, up to 6ton per day. 
* PLC Control Plane. *according to order 
* New Design for pet animal cremation business. 
* One year warranty on incinerator and parts in stock. 
Application Scope: 
1. Hospital& clinic: Iatric Waste, Infectious Waste, Dressing, Bio-Waste, Medicine. 
2. Slaughter House &Pet Hospital &Farm: Dead Animal, Bio-Waste. 
3. Community & Sea Port & Station: Municipal Solid Waste, etc. 
4. Laboratories, Remote Locations, Disaster Relief Operations, Animal Cremation 

Nanjing Clover Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Is a leading waste incinerator manufacturer in China. We are local manufacturer and one of the largest exporter of China. Pyrolytic incinerator equipment technical is main waste treatment all of the world, for Medical Waste, diesel energy w2e, diesel fire incinerator thermax, diesel fired hospital waste incinerator, diesel fired incinerator, diesel fired medical waste incinreator, Animal Incineration, Pet cremation and other Solid wste. The capacity from 10kgs/Hr. To 500kgs/Hr., up to 6ton per day. Presently, we supply different series for local customer requirements and design updated incinerator with our leading technology. The updated design feature of our range of incinerators make them one of the most cost effective in the world.

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Items/Model TS10(PLC) TS20(PLC) TS30(PLC) TS50(PLC) TS100(PLC)
Burn Rate 10 kg/hour 20 kg/hour 30 kg/hour 50 kg/hour 100 kg/hour
Feed Capacity 20kg 40kg 60kg 100kg 200 kg
Control Mode PLC PLC PLC PLC PLC
Combustion Chamber 100L 210L 330L 560L 1200L
Internal Dimensions 50x50x40cm 65x65x50cm 75x75x60cm 100x80x70cm 120x100x100cm
Secondary Chamber 50L 110L 180L 280L 600L
Smoke Filter Chamber Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Feed Mode Manual Manual Manual Manual Manual
Voltage 220V 220V 220V 220V 220V
Power 0.5Kw 0.5Kw 0.5Kw 0.7Kw 0.7Kw
Oil Consumption (kg/hour) 5.4–12.6 7.8–16.3 10.2–20 12.1–24 14–28
Gas Consumption (m3/hour) 6.2–11.4 8–15.7 9.8–20 9.9–26.1 10–32.2
Temperature Monitor Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Temperature Protection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Oil Tank 100L 100L 100L 100L 200L
Feed Door 30x30cm 45x40cm 55x50cm 70x55cm 80x60cm
Chimney 3Meter 3Meter 5Meter 5Meter 10Meter
Chimney Type Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel
Residency Time 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec.
Gross Weight 1500kg 2200kg 3000kg 4500kg 6000kg
External Dimensions 140x90x120cm 160x110x130cm 175x120x140cm 230x130x155cm 260x150x180cm

Incinerator USA Pharmaceutical

Basic Info.

Model NO.:incinerator supplier in saudi arabia
Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Key Features: 
* All models with Dual combustion chamber. 
* Stainless Steel chimney/stack, long lifetime. *according to order 
* High temperature, long lifetime of incinerator. 
* Free or minimum installation on site. 
* High burn rate, from 10kgs to 500kgs per hour, cremation equipment for sale in china, cremation equipment factory china, cremation furnace, 
* PLC Control Plane. *according to order 
* New Design for pet animal cremation business. 
* One year warranty on incinerator and parts in stock. 
Application Scope: 
1. Hospital& clinic: Iatric Waste, Infectious Waste, Dressing, Bio-Waste, Medicine. 
2. Slaughter House &Pet Hospital &Farm: Dead Animal, Bio-Waste. 
3. Community & Sea Port & Station: Cremation in china, cremation incinerator, cremation incinerator design, up to 6ton per day. Municipal Solid Waste, etc. 
4. Laboratories, Remote Locations, Disaster Relief Operations, Animal Cremation

Items/Model YD-30 YD-50 YD-100 YD-150
Burning Rate (kgs/Hour) 30 kgs/Hr. 50 kgs/Hr. 100 kgs/Hr. 150 kgs/Hr.
Feed Capacity (kgs) 60 kgs 150 kgs 200 kgs 300 kgs
Equipment Weight 2300 kgs 4000 kgs 4300 kgs 7000 kgs
Primary Chamber (Liters) 360 900 1200 1500
Secondary Chamber (Liters) 200 200 500 500
External Dimensions (cm) 145x90x175 200x160x230 220x180x360 240x170x380
Internal Dimensions (cm) 100x60x60 120x90x85 130x100x90 150x100x96
Oil Tank(Liters) 200 300 300 500
Door Opening (cm) 48
x 60
62 x 80 55 x 80 59 x 81
Chimney (M) 5 5 10 10
Chimney Type Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel
Secondary Chamber  YES YES YES YES
Mix-Combustion Chamber YES YES YES YES
Smoke Filter Chamber YES YES YES YES
Combustion Fuel Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas
Residency Time 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec.
Temperature Monitoring YES YES YES YES

CPASA success: Up in smoke

CPASA (Community Partners Against Substance Abuse) Director Dawn Conerton was thrilled to announce the new purchase.

She confirmed the organization was able to use money from its reserves to help with the purchase. However, CPASA is still looking for donations to help make up the cost and also to help with the upkeep of equipment.

incinerators

The incinerator is located at the Princeton Police Department. A fence and a shelter still needs to be built around the incinerator before it’s used.

As previously reported in the BCR and the Putnam County Record, the state made the decision to no longer dispose of prescription drugs, forcing CPASA to look into the purchase of an incinerator to continue its program, which allows residents to dispose of their unused prescription medications in a safe manner.

The cost of the incinerator came to around $10,000.

Since CPASA’s formation in July 2010, it has worked to keep unused prescription drugs off the street. Since September 2014, the program has collected and disposed of about 7,235 pounds of drugs.

Conerton explained how CPASA has worked hard to get the incinerator to help maintain the P2D2 program.

She said with the incinerator, CPASA will be able to continue educating the public about the safe way to dispose of drugs and remind them not to flush medication into the water supply.

“It hurts the water supply, and we also are getting them out of cupboards to prevent them from getting into the wrong hands,” she said. “We now have a way to actually dispose of them completely.”

With the incinerator, CPASA now plans to host more collection days to help get rid of even more unused medications.

Princeton Police Chief Tom Root was also thrilled with the arrival of the incinerator. He explained the incinerator can get up to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and takes about 20 minutes to burn down the material. The drugs are burned down to a fine powder, which is bagged and taken to the landfill.

The incinerator arrived at about the right time, as Root said there is currently about 1,500 pounds of pills to dispose of from the Bureau and Putnam counties area.

Root said CPASA plans to charge a fee to communities who don’t provide a donation for the incinerator. The fees will help maintain the incinerator and help keep up with the purchase of diesel fuel.

CPASA is still looking for donations to help make up for the cost of the incinerator and to help continue the work CPASA does throughout the year.

“CPASA appreciates all the donations. We would never have believed in such a short amount of time this would be a reality,” Conerton said. “This community is so awesome with their support and knowing how important it was to help. It’s widespread and something that’s going to help everyone.”

CPASA is also hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Aug. 1, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Zearing Park. More details to come on the event.

information from: http://www.bcrnews.com/2015/07/10/cpasa-success-up-in-smoke/azhjtuw/

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Cost to Purchase a Medical Waste Incinerator

Basic Info.

Model NO.:cremation equipment for sale in china
Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Nanjing Clover Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Is a leading waste incinerator manufacturer in China. We are local manufacturer and one of the largest exporter of China. Pyrolytic incinerator equipment technical is main waste treatment all of the world, for Medical Waste, Animal Incineration, Pet cremation and other Solid wste. The capacity from 10kgs/Hr. To 500kgs/Hr., up to 6ton per day. Presently, we supply different series for local customer requirements and design updated incinerator with our leading technology. The updated design feature of our range of incinerators make them one of the most cost effective in the world. 

Key Features: 
* All models with Dual combustion chamber. 
* Stainless Steel chimney/stack, long lifetime. *according to order 
* High temperature, long lifetime of incinerator. 
* Free or minimum installation on site. 
* High burn rate, from 10kgs to 500kgs per hour, up to 6ton per day. 
* PLC Control Plane. *according to order 
* New Design for pet animal cremation business. 
* One year warranty on incinerator and parts in stock. 

Application Scope: 
1. Hospital& clinic: Iatric Waste, Infectious Waste, Dressing, Bio-Waste, Medicine. 
2. Slaughter House &Pet Hospital &Farm: Dead Animal, Bio-Waste. 
3. Community & Sea Port &cremation animal, cremation animale, cremation burner, cremation burners, cremation equipment, cremation equipment china, cremation equipment design, cremation equipment for sale, Station: Municipal Solid Waste, etc. 
4. Laboratories, Remote Locations, Disaster Relief Operations, Animal Cremation

Items/Model YD-30 YD-50 YD-100 YD-150
Burning Rate (kgs/Hour) 30 kgs/Hr. 50 kgs/Hr. 100 kgs/Hr. 150 kgs/Hr.
Feed Capacity (kgs) 60 kgs 150 kgs 200 kgs 300 kgs
Equipment Weight 2300 kgs 4000 kgs 4300 kgs 7000 kgs
Primary Chamber (Liters) 360 900 1200 1500
Secondary Chamber (Liters) 200 200 500 500
External Dimensions (cm) 145x90x175 200x160x230 220x180x360 240x170x380
Internal Dimensions (cm) 100x60x60 120x90x85 130x100x90 150x100x96
Oil Tank(Liters)

200 300 300 500
Door Opening (cm) 48 x 60 62 x 80 55 x 80 59 x 81
Chimney (M) 5 5 10 10
Chimney Type Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel
Secondary Chamber  YES YES YES YES
Mix-Combustion Chamber YES YES YES YES
Smoke Filter Chamber YES YES YES YES
Combustion Fuel Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas
Residency Time 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec.
Temperature Monitoring YES YES YES YES

Incinerator Furnaces for Pet Cremation

Basic Info.

Model NO.:incinerator manufacturers in middle east
Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Key Features: 
* All models with Dual combustion chamber. 
* Stainless Steel chimney/stack, long lifetime. *according to order 
* High temperature, long lifetime of incinerator. 
* Free or minimum installation on site. 
* High burn rate, from 10kgs to 500kgs per hour, up to 6ton per day. 
* PLC Control Plane. *according to order 
* New Design for pet animal cremation business. 
* One year warranty on incinerator and parts in stock. 

Application Scope: 
1. Hospital& clinic: Iatric Waste, Infectious Waste, Dressing, Bio-Waste, Medicine. 
2. Slaughter House &esign incinerator sampah, design of medical waste incinerator, design of small medical waste incinerator, designer medical incinerator, destructor incinerator, 
Pet Hospital &Farm: Dead Animal, Bio-Waste. 
3. Community & Sea Port & Station: Municipal Solid Waste, etc. 
4. Laboratories, Remote Locations, Disaster Relief Operations, Animal Cremation 

Nanjing Clover Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Is a leading waste incinerator manufacturer in China. We are local manufacturer and one of the largest exporter of China. Pyrolytic incinerator equipment technical is main waste treatment all of the world, for Medical Waste, Animal Incineration, Pet cremation and other Solid wste. The capacity from 10kgs/Hr. To 500kgs/Hr., up to 6ton per day. Presently, we supply different series for local customer requirements and design updated incinerator with our leading technology. The updated design feature of our range of incinerators make them one of the most cost effective in the world.

Items/Model YD-200 YD-300 YD-500 YD-600
Burning Rate (kgs/Hour) 200 kgs/Hr. 300 kgs/Hr. 500 kgs/Hr. 600 kgs/Hr.
Feed Capacity (kgs) 400 kgs 500 kgs 800 kgs 1100 kgs
Equipment Weight 7600 kgs 8300 kgs 13000 kgs 16500 kgs
Primary Chamber (Liters) 2000 2400 4000 5500
Secondary Chamber (Liters) 500 1200 1500 1500
External Dimensions (cm) 270 x 185 x 380 260x220x420 320x220x460 360 x 220 x 475
Internal Dimensions (cm) 180 x 115 x 96 220x110x100 257x147x108 300 x 147 x 125
Oil Tank(Liters) 300 500 500 500
Door Opening (cm) 59 x 81 90 x 110 108 x 128 108 x 128
Chimney (M) 10 10 14 14
Chimney Type Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel
Secondary Chamber  YES YES YES YES
Mix-Combustion Chamber YES YES YES YES
Smoke Filter Chamber YES YES YES YES
Combustion Fuel Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas
Residency Time 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec.
Temperature Monitoring YES YES YES YES

Stoven to Cremated Pets

Basic Info.

Model NO.:used medical waste incinerator italy
Pullution Sources:Solid Waste Processing
Processing Methods:Combustion
Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Presently, we supply different series for local customer requirements and design updated incinerator with our leading technology. The updated design feature of our range of incinerators make them one of the most cost effective in the world. 
Key Features: 
* All models with Dual combustion chamber. 
* Stainless Steel chimney/stack, long lifetime. 
* High temperature, long lifetime of incinerator. 
* Free or minimum installation on site. 
* High burn rate, from 10kgs to 600kgs per hour, up to 10ton per day. 
* PLC Control Plane for Intelligent operation. 
* New Design for pet animal cremation business. 
* One year warranty on incinerator and parts in stock. 
Incinerator is a incineration equipment, direct fire waste by gas medical smokeless incinerators, medical technology manufacture italy, medical waiste furnce, medical wast burner china, medical waste 3000kcal/kg, fuel or oi fuel. As different circumscription, incinerator can be named many words as below: 

Treatment capacity: Small scale incinerator, large scale incinerator and incineration pant. 

Waste material: Municipal waste incinerator, medical waste incinerator, animal cremation incinerator, human cremators 

Incinerator fuel: Gas incinerator, oil incinerator 

Waste to Energy (WTE): WTE incinerator, non-WTE incinerator 

Incinerator Manufacturer: China incinerator manufacturer, UK incinerator manufacturer, USA incinerator manufacturer, India incinerator manufacturer. 

Famous Incinerator manufacturer company: Inciner8(UK), Clover Incinerator(China), Pennram (USA), Haat (India) 

Burning Rate: 5kgs/hour, 10 kgs/hour, 15 kgs/hour, 20 kgs/hour, 30 kgs/hour, 50 kgs/hour, 100 kgs/hour, 150 kgs/hour, 300 kgs/hour, 500 kgs/hour

Item Specification
Model TS50 PLC
Main Product List per 01 set Primary Combustion Chamber
Secondary Combustion Chamber
Smoke Filter Chamber
Incinerator PLC Control Case
Chimney:5.0Meters
*(upgrade to Stainless Steel, free cost)
Italyoil/gas burner: 02 units
Oil Tank (if oil fuel): 100Liters

Waste Clinic Incinerator

Basic Info.

Model NO.:united states animal incinerators for sale
Pullution Sources:Solid Waste Processing
Processing Methods:Combustion
Export Markets:Global

Product Description

Nanjing Clover Medical Technology Co., Ltd. Is a leading waste incinerator manufacturer in China. We are local manufacturer and one of the largest exporter of China. Pyrolytic incinerator equipment technical is main waste treatment all of the world, for Medical Waste, Animal Incineration, Pet cremation and other Solid wste. The capacity from 10kgs/Hr. To 500kgs/Hr., up to 6ton per day. Medica waste incinerator, medical burner, medical burners, medical disposal incineration plant, medical equipment for pet cremations, medical equipment incineration, Presently, we supply different series for local customer requirements and design updated incinerator with our leading technology. The updated design feature of our range of incinerators make them one of the most cost effective in the world. 

A Model animal crematory burning rate from 20-400kgs per hour. Heavy duty combustion chamber and suit for large animal cremation. 

Secondary Chamber & Mix-Combustion Chamber. Residency time 2.0 sec. In post combustion chamber. Virtually smoke and smell free. 

Smoke Filter Chamber with filter brick, Virtually smoke and smell free after burning. 

Italy original oil or gas burner, quality reliable. It suit for diesel oil, natural gas, LPG gas. 

User guider, full installation and operation document for customer.

120x90x85

Items/Model A360 A600 A900 A1200
Burning Rate *animal 20 kgs/Hr. 20 kgs/Hr. 30 kgs/Hr. 60 kgs/Hr.
Feed Capacity *animal 30 kgs 50 kgs 80 kgs 100 kgs
Equipment Weight 2300 kgs 3000 kgs 4000 kgs 4300 kgs
Primary Chamber (Liters) 360 600 900 1200
Secondary Chamber (Liters) 200 200 300 500
External Dimensions (cm) 145x90x175 175 x 100 x 180 200x160x230 220x180x360
Internal Dimensions (cm) 100x60x60 130 x 70 x 65 130x100x90
Oil Tank(Liters) 200 200 300 300
Door Opening (cm) 48 x 60 50 x 60 62 x 80 55 x 80
Chimney (M) 5 5 5 10
Chimney Type Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Stainless Steel
Secondary Chamber  YES YES YES YES
Mix-Combustion Chamber YES YES YES YES
Smoke Filter Chamber YES YES YES YES
Combustion Fuel Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas Oil/Gas
Residency Time 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec. 2.0 Sec.
Temperature Monitoring YES YES YES YES

Moving Forward on Open Waste Burning

The permit that allows the Radford Army Ammunitions Plant to burn hazardous waste from firearms outdoors is up for renewal. Community activists see an opportunity to address environmental and health concerns about the open burning – and state regulators see a chance to explore new technology to solve an old problem.
Just a handful of people turned at the Blacksburg Public Library on a recent afternoon for a meeting of the Environmental Patriots of the New River Valley.

“Is there anything we could post to get more people involved? Yes, petitions, a letter campaign… When the EPA was pushed to the wall in Louisiana, they said ‘Uncle.’ So, we want you Senator Kaine and you Senator Warner to do just what Senator Vitter did in Louisiana and write to the EPA and ask them, ‘How is this not a violation of the clean air act?’”

Devawn Oberlender is looking to take a pager from the book of a far away town, where citizen protestors succeeded in stopping outdoor burning explosives of arms and weapons waste at the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant.

“The opportunity that we have right now only comes up very ten years, because the permit is good for ten years, so what we need to replicate is what they did in north western Louisiana at Camp Minden.

There they formed a “Stop the Burn” movement that ultimately brought together elected officials, state and local regulators and the army for a plan to give up open burning and use a modern indoor incinerator to dispose of the toxic materials. Now, with the open burning permit at the Radford Arsenal up for renewal, the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality is exploring that idea for the first time. William Hayden is spokesman for DEQ in Virginia.

“We have not reached any conclusions yet but that is something that would be looked at as we move forward. We have asked the Arsenal to come up with alternatives to open burning and we do expect to have some options that go beyond the idea of just burning it the open.”

Brian Salvatore is a professor of Organic chemistry at Louisiana State University who argued for using contained incineration.

“This is what we fought for here at camp Minden. And yes it added another 15million dollars and almost doubled the cost of the contract but this was something that, the EPA was willing to go to bat for us for. So I’m glad that the people in the EPA and in the state worked together here and they worked with the Army as well to find the additional money. And we’re quite satisfied here that this alternative — which, in the beginning of this we didn’t know all the details of what these modern incinerators can do. We’re quite confident here that this is going to do the job and the amount of material that’s going to be released total will be on the order of tens of grams as opposed to tons of these emissions.”

A spokesman for the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 3, which includes Virginia, said it could not comment on the possibility of incinerators like that being adopted at the Radford site, but a spokesperson for BAE Systems, the contractor in charge of the arsenal, confirmed it is “looking for viable alternatives to its current methods of waste disposal.”

The department of Environmental Quality has asked BAE to conduct an environmental impact study on its current open burning practice. William Hayden says it’s the first time DEQ has asked for one.

“Because we’re getting in to an issue that has generated a lot of public interest in the Radford area we knew that the more information we had, the better. People from the public have been asking for us information; they’ve been asking Radford (the arsenal) for information.”

And one of them is Oberlender who says, “We’ve been burning waste out there, open burning it since 1941. You know, it’s not going away.”

And neither are the environmental patriots of the new river valley. Taking another page from the story of Camp Minden Louisiana’s successful effort to get its outdoor burning moved indoors. They’re scheduling meetings with state and federal officials to keep the pressure on. The first is this Friday with U.S. Representative Morgan Griffith who sits on the Committee on Energy and Commerce, which has oversight of the EPA. The group is looking to make a national issue out of one that has for so long been so local and one of the few places where open burning of hazardous waste from explosives is still allowed.

Info from: http://wvtf.org/post/moving-forward-open-burning