[GRRN] Virginia site prepares to take world's garbage

Bill Sheehan (zerowaste@grrn.org)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 13:26:37 -0500


[From Environmental News Network]

Virginia site prepares to take world's garbage

When Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore joined the chorus of lawmakers clamoring for a
ban on barges loaded with garbage last week, an oceangoing freighter named the
Thor Amalie was approaching his state's coast with an 860-ton special delivery
from Austria.