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Where Waste Management Takes Toxic Material
I can corroborate the activity at the location noted in this video from James C Fox. My entire life I have driven the “back roads” of Baldwin County to the beach. I know County Roads 65 and 12 like the back of my hand.
When I was home a few weeks ago I drove that route several times and noticed the facility in this video. I noticed no matter what time of day it was (4 a.m. on Sunday morning or midnight on a Tuesday night) there were lines of trucks in and out of that facility. I don’t know if they are dumping there, or using that as a temporary holding facility, but no doubt what you see in this video is accurate.
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Drive S on Co Rd 65. I believe it’s on the right if you’re heading south. As I said in my commentary, I definitely can’t say if it’s being dumped there, or being held temporarily. Since it’s now guarded by police, it would be hard to know. I never knew of that being a landfill though, so my guess would be it’s temporary.
Fox10 in Mobile previously did a story on the shoddy disposal job and spotlighted the local landfills where the toxic waste is being dumped: http://bit.ly/aEAkAw.
“Waste Management is taking solid wastes from the three states to landfills in Vernon, Ala.; Pass Christian, Miss.; and Campbellton, Fla.”
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