seMissourian.com: Local News: Buzzi Unicem holds meeting on hazardous waste burning permit (12/01/11)

seMissourian.com: Local News: Buzzi Unicem holds meeting on hazardous waste burning permit (12/01/11): "Buzzi Unicem will invest more than $1.5 million in upgrades to its Cape Girardeau cement plant if changes to its hazardous waste permit are approved.

During an informational meeting Wednesday, company representatives along with Missouri Department of Natural Resources and EPA officials answered questions about the company's plans to burn more hazardous waste in the future. About 25 people attended the meeting.

For about 20 years, the company, formerly known as Lonestar Industries, has used hazardous waste -- including solvents, used paints and inks -- as fuel to heat its kiln.

There are two combustion chambers within its kiln and hazardous waste is used exclusively in one of those chambers. The other chamber uses coal, but the company would like to begin testing the use of hazardous waste in that chamber, called a calciner, as well."

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