Waste Disposal Ideas Pressed by Environmental Study
The Public Health Service reports most U S communities rely on open dumps. Open dumping causes pests and water pollution while incineration and landfills vary in success. Cities consider regional systems, distant disposal, and even sea solutions, with experiments in incinerator ships and offshore dumping.
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Charles Johnson
Environmental Health Service
Public Health Service
Academy of Sciences
Rebort
Niles
National Academy of Sciences
Charles C. Johnson Jr
Consumer * Protection and Environmental Health Service
San Francisco
Philadelphia
New Use for Old Tires
UPI reports Americans discard about 100 million worn tires yearly, totaling one million tons. The Wirestone Tire & Rubber Co and the U S Bureau of Mines collaborate on a closed reactor process to recover chemicals oil liquids gas and tar from discarded tires, turning waste into usable materials and easing disposal concerns.
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Atlantic
Frank R. Bowerman
Zurn Industries
Investment Dealers’ Digest
New York City
Washington
UPI
Wirestone Tire & Rubber Co
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Firestone
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