CCA News & Information Articles

Myers wants to cut out opening burning 02-06-2004 Nowadays we believe that people should be able to chose to do whatever they want to do, but I would contend there are some things that are just intolerable and backyard burning is a good example of that," Myers told members of the Bloomfield Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. Environmental Concerns With Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) Treated Wood Refuse District to Increase CDB Rates 06-19-2003 The Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District has increased its rates for disposal of construction, demolition and bulky waste (CDB), according to a recent decision by the District's board of directors. letter from Kazem Oskoui Hi Everybody, I have a letter from Kazem Oskoui with an interesting proposition for a cca treatment plant. You should contact him directly if you are interested. I have attached at the bottom of this email information on his method of removing metals For many years now government and industry and those of us who work on this issue have been concerned with the disposal problem. One of the reasons a ban was feared was that there was no way to deal with the massive cleanup that would have to take place. Here is a chance to test that out. Perhaps other governments will give this method a try as well. Take care everybody and please keep safe. Deborah Rapid-extraction oxidation process to recover and reuse copper chromium and arsenic from industrial wood preservative sludge. 06-27-2003 Chromated copper arsenate (CCA) wood preservative can form insoluble sludges when the hexavalent chromium component is reduced by wood extractives, wood particles and preservative additives in the solution Poison Wood 07-06-2002 Good Wood Gone Bad by Patricia-Anne Tom Group Petitions EPA to Send Billions of Board Feet of Arsenic-Treated Wood to Hazardous Waste Landfills (Washington, DC, 07-22-2002 - Be yond Pesticides A national environmental group today petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to stop the disposal of billions of board feet of arsenic-treated wood with ordinary community waste and require that it be sent to hazardous waste landfills. Beyond Pesticides, a Washington-based environmental and public health group, told EPA that the waste should be treated as hazardous and disposed in lined landfills to prevent leaching of arsenic.