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First New Castle County Scrap Tire Drop Off Day, Saturday, Nov. 7, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine. Delaware residents may recycle up to 10 scrap tires free of charge at the Frawley Stadium parking lot in Wilmington. Up to 10 passenger or light duty truck tires accepted per Delaware household. No oversize tires, tires on rims, or bicycle tires. No commercial dealers. Proof of residency is required, such as a driver’s license or utility bill. For more information please call 302-739-9403 or 800-662-8802, or e-mail Laurene.Eheman@state.de.us.
NEW! DNREC's Tank Management Branch presentation for public workshop October 27 regarding results of environmental testing of homes on Hillside Road and the former Ron's Discount Energy Mart site.
Report: "PCB Mass Loading from Hazardous Substance Release Sites to Surface Waters of the Christina River Basin"
Air and Waste Matters newsletter - Summer Issue. Featuring an account of the Division's Emergency Response Team's handling of a tanker truck incident and articles that include "Who's on the Front Lines," "The First State in Sustainable Energy Utility" and more!
DNREC issues $75,000 penalty to Premcor Refining Group for pollution violations

Secretary's Order about Premcor's violations

Yard waste demonstration drop-off site report submitted in partial compliance with House Bill 525
Fox Point Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) consent decree

Public comments

UPDATED: Industrial Site Information web site - Links to information on specific sites and facilities

Stabilized earth berm at Cherry Island is a tall order for Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch's engineers

A tethered DAWM contractor inspects the MSE berm at the confluence of the Delaware and Christina Rivers

Monitoring the monumental mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) berm that the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) is erecting around three sides of the Cherry Island Landfil requires careful inspection of each phase of construction by Division of Air & Waste Management inspectors from the Solid and Hazardous Waste Branch. When construction is complete, the Cherry Island berm will be one of the highest, most massive, reinforced earth structures ever built over soft soils in the United States. For more information on the project, see the spring issue of Air and Waste Matters newsletter.

DAWM hydrologist Frank Gavas (right) inspects geogrid installed on and in MSE wall for DSWA operations technician Joel Haley.

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Second Citizens' Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day Triples
Participation, Has More Tires Collected Than First

Some 300 vehicles brought almost 2,500 old and recyclable tires to 2009's first scrap tire drop-off day in Harrington April 18 Last fall's inaugural citizens' scrap tire drop-off day in Sussex County spurred the Division of Air & Waste Management's Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch’s (SHWMB) Scrap Tire Control & Cleanup Program to schedule another drop-off day for disposing of and recycling old tires. The first drop-off day of 2009 belonged to Kent County and took place recently at the Delaware State Fair Grounds in Harrington. Far surpassing the earlier event, more than 40 tons of scrap tires were collected from some 300 passenger vehicles. Stay tuned for more scrap tire drop-off days this year in Delaware.

First New Castle County Scrap Tire Drop-off Day November 7

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