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Taking out the Trash:
incinerator & dioxin dilemmas in Alaska
Publication Date - December, 2002
Introduction & Table of Contents (PDF)
Section I: Dioxin (PDF)
Section II: How Incinerators Work (PDF)
Section III: Incinerators in Alaska (PDF)
Section IV: Dilemmas (PDF)
Section V: How Alaska Can Stop Producing Dioxins (PDF)
Section VI: Summary (PDF)
Appendices A-B (PDF)
A. How ACAT Developed the Emission Factors they Used
B. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Solid Waste Incinerators
Appendices C-D (PDF)
C. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Medical Waste Incinerators
D. Alaska Community Database
Appendices E-H (PDF)
E. Fact Sheets on Alaska’s Sewage Sludge Incinerators
F. PVC Alternatives in the Construction Industry
G. PVC Alternatives in the Medical Industry
H. The Global POPs Treaty
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