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Clean Harbors Receiving Facility
General Flow of Imported Waste
Kimbell
El Dorado
Cincinnati
Arlington
Paulding
Union Grove
Aragonite
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One Company AND THE North American
Hazardous Waste TradeHebron
La Porte
The movement and disposal of hazardous waste in North America is a profit-driven industry, an international trade, like clothing or fruit. The United States is a NET IMPORTER of hazardous waste.
As with any industry, the North American hazard-ous waste trade has its prominent names. CLEAN HARBORS is one such key player. In 2012 alone, Clean Harbors imported 1,861,819 lbs. of hazardous waste.
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WASTE SAMPLEIn 2009, Clean Habors imported 290,695 lbs. of waste mercury to a disposal facility in Union Grove, WI.
WASTE SAMPLEIn 2011, Clean Habors imported 1,290,630 lbs. of “flammable liquid” to an incinerator in Kimbell, NE.
WASTE SAMPLEClean Habors imported 15,028,735 lbs. of Dichloroethylene (used in plastics) to La Porte, Tx for incineration in 2007 and 2009.
Designed for the UW-Cart Lab Design Challenge 2015, Special thanks to Erik Steiner, Robert Roth and the Cart Lab folks. Sources - Hazmat Data: Dr. Sarah Moore, Base Map shapefiles: Natural Earth Projected in Albers EqualArea North America Cartographer: Osama Abdl-Haleem
