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Ultrafine particle monitoring and sampling systemDown to the last nano-particle: 
That’s how DNREC’s Air Quality Management section measures the air that we breathe.

Find out more about air monitoring, including the ultrafine particle monitor and sampling system (right), in the new issue of "Air and Waste Matters" newsletter. Also in this issue: Read about the collaborative regional environmental study on PCBs and cleaning them up in the Christina River Basin.   Photo by Ted Allen

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Third Citizens' Scrap Tire Drop-Off Day brings
Delaware's total to nearly 5,000 tires recyled

More than 8.5 tons of scrap tires were collected at the most recent "drop-off day" at Wilmington's Frawley Stadium

The Division of Air & Waste Management's third Scrap Tire Drop-Off event last weekend at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington netted 8.5 tons of scrap tires – more than 650 old passenger vehicle tires that could have ended up in an unsightly, scrap tire pile or left to decompose in a Delaware landfill. The event, the third held in the past year, provided Delaware residents with the opportunity to recycle scrap tires free of charge and help reduce the environmental and health hazards of scrap tires in our communities. Over the course of the three events, the Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch's Scrap Tire Control & Cleanup Program has collected nearly 60 tons. The first Scrap Tire Drop-off day was held in October 2008 near Harbeson in Sussex County and netted more than 30 tons of discarded tires. At last April’s event, almost 20 tons of tires were collected at the Delaware State fairgrounds in Harrington. "With the tremendous response we’ve had over the past year, a fourth Scrap Tire Drop-off is planned for next spring in the Seaford-Georgetown area,” said Laurene Ehman, SHWMB administrative manager.

 

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Alphabetical list of links to all DAWM topics.

Air Quality & Monitoring
Information ranging from acid rain to vapor recovery, monitoring and regulations. Also: Emissions monitoring, planning and permitting.

Cleanup of Contaminated Properties
Programs governing cleanup of contaminated sites, lists of certified contractors, financial assistance and remediation.

Emergency Services
Information about emergency services related to environmental incidents – response, investigation, prevention and planning.

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Environmental Enforcement
Enforcement-related information about land, water and air.

Hazardous Substances
Information about hazardous substances and their sources – from arsenic to MTBE.

Pollution Prevention Program (P2)
Non-regulatory assistance to businesses and industrial facilities, in identifying and implementing cost-effective waste reduction opportunties.

Recycling
Where and how to recycle – bottle returns, composting, recycling grants, and the Recycling Public Advisory Committee.

Regulatory Programs
Information on programs and requirements – from above-ground storage tanks to vehicle inspecting and maintenance.

Waste
Information about on how to properly recycle or dispose of solid, infectious and hazardous waste – from hazardous chemicals to tires; cleanup of dumps, and waste regulation.


 

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