Bhopal: First trial burning of toxic waste clears green test, claim officials
Source: Indian Express, Date: , 2015
Around
346 tonnes of hazardous waste has been lying in the Union Carbide factory since
Dec 1984. A decade after it snowballed into a constant feud between the
government and environmentalists, the first trial incineration of about 10
tonnes of toxic waste from the Bhopal gas tragedy has been completed with
officials saying that the level of emissions and ambient air quality from the
burning was within permissible limits. “Trial burning emissions were within
limit for particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide. Combustion
efficiency results of other parameters are expected in four-five days but we
expect them also to be within limits,” said officials associated with the
trial.