City of Cohoes Needs To Act to Protect Health and Environment from Norlite’s Toxic Ash
Why a Cohoes Hazardous Waste Ash Law is Needed Instead of sending toxic incinerator ash to commercial hazardous waste landfills as required by current federal and state law, Norlite takes toxic fly ash from the incineration of hazardous waste, mixes it with its aggregate product at a ratio of 88% fly ash to 12% aggregate, […]
Judge Declares that Norlite is a Public Nuisance, local residents will continue litigation to shut the facility down.
A judge has issued a preliminary injunction in the state lawsuit against the Norlite hazardous waste incinerator and aggregate production facility in Cohoes. The judge ruled that Norlite was a nuisance and outlined corrective steps they must take in 90 days to improve its operation. As some local residents noted however, the agreement is similar […]