An urgent issue is the collection and safe disposal of many paint, oil and other miscellaneous drums of material which has been washed out of properties during the storm surge in areas such as Long Beach.
Steve Last also highlights the risk of unexpected landfill gas emerging from previously dormant abandoned landfills which may now have become wetted where they were previously dry and starting to produce methane again even for the first time.
Those that read this blog would not be wrong to suggest that at the same time there may be leachate problems if the waste has been flooded and then produces leachate.
See the full article at the following link:
Toxic Waste Disposal and Landfill Gas Issues in Sandy Superstorm Aftermath
