Currently, glass placed in the recycling bin is not recycled. Most of it eventually ends up in the landfill after going through the local recycling processing facility, also known as a Material Recovery Facility, or MRF. Although container glass is recyclable, it requires additional cleaning and preparation at a special glass processing/beneficiation plant to make …
Read More →~ Newly-approved bills will protect water quality by removing over 27 million cubic yards of coal ash from unlined ponds in Chesapeake Bay Watershed ~ It has been several years since Prince William County residents first learned that Dominion was dispersing toxic coal ash at its Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, threatening water quality …
Read More →Supervisor Principi sent the letter below to EPA Acting Administrator Wheeler and Army Civil Works Assistant Secretary James, urging them to NOT turn back decades of hard-earned protections of our waterways. Re: Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States,” Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2018-0149 Dear Acting Administrator Wheeler and Assistant Secretary James: As the Woodbridge …
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The Potomac Riverkeeper Network is opposed to an on-site landfill for coal ash currently stored at Possum Point Power Station near Dumfries, said Potomac Riverkeeper Dean Naujoks. The coal ash pond is near residential neighborhoods and waterways, including the Potomac River, and would not be suitable for a landfill, Naujoks said. A byproduct of burning …
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Dominion Energy says its latest tests still show that the coal ash stored at the Possum Point power station outside Dumfries isn’t affecting the area’s drinking water, but environmentalists remain perturbed by the company’s findings. The utility company released new data March 2 from a variety of groundwater monitoring wells on the power station’s property, as it …
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