[CPEO-MEF] Fireworks disposal (California)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Monday morning: A fix for fireworks disposal
Special effects firm will assist state with explosive issue

By Carrie Peyton Dahlberg
Sacramento Bee (CA)
July 3, 2006

The man who helped make "Star Wars" flare and "Ghostbusters" glow has 
agreed to work off a hazardous waste penalty by developing a new way for 
the state to destroy tons of seized fireworks.

State fire officials, who sought the penalty over improper disposal of 
toxic materials, hope that within a year Thaine Morris' special effects 
company, MP Associates of Ione, will design and build four portable 
chambers in which illegal fireworks can safely explode and burn 
themselves to ash.

It should be cheaper, less dangerous and less polluting than the state's 
current, cumbersome routine of sorting, stockpiling and burning, said 
Hugh Council, chief of operations for the State Fire Marshal's Office.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacbee.com/content/news/environment/story/14274358p-15084196c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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