Alloy site clean-up: PCB findings double cost

Findings of PCBs in concrete at a Waunakee Alloy site in Waunakee, WI has drastically raised disposal costs for concrete that was otherwise meant to be recycled that must now be disposed of in a landfill.

Estimated costs were originally $7 per ton of concrete. With the discovery of low-level amounts of PCBs, that has now raised to $60 per ton, increasing the total cost of the disposal project by up to $575,000….Read More