For decades, Alabama positioned itself as a dumping ground for toxic waste, sewage and trash from across the country
A North Shore Environmental Construction truck containing buckets of PFAS-laden firefighting foam is shown outside the Jefferson Fire Department on June 22, 2023, in Jefferson, Wis. In a statewide cleanup, Wisconsin is trucking more than 38,500 gallons of PFAS-containing firefighting foam to a hazardous waste landfill in Emelle, Ala. The landfill has a contentious history.
Local residents speak about living close to CWM Emelle, one of the largest hazardous waste disposal facilities in the world. James Watkins and Jimmie Williams talk about living next to the Emelle hazardous waster site. .As public alarm about PFAS grows, many states are grappling with the chemicals, which are found in a bevy of consumer products like non-stick pans, food wrappers and raincoats.
A warning sign is shown near the entrance of Chemical Waste Management’s hazardous waste landfill in Emelle, Ala., on July 25, 2023. The landfill, one of the largest of its kind in the country, sparked opposition from its birth, but officials have welcomed the jobs and revenue it brings. of several PFAS is safe for consumption. States, cities and the federal government are working at varying speeds to respond, restrict and clean up PFAS in the environment.
Jefferson Fire Chief Ron Wegner is photographed at the Jefferson Fire Department on Aug. 28, 2023, in Jefferson, Wis. The fire department is participating in a statewide project to collect PFAS-laden firefighting foam and send it more than 700 miles to Emelle, Ala., home of one of the country’s largest hazardous waste landfills. A historical marker in Emelle touts the town while acknowledging residents’ unsuccessful bid to shutter the facility in the 1980′s.
“I don’t think it’s fair for you to take your waste and ship it to an almost all-Black county,” Dorothy Oliver says about Wisconsin sending PFAS-containing firefighting foam to Chemical Waste Management’s hazardous waste landfill in Sumter County, Ala. Oliver is shown on July 25, 2023, in the convenience store she runs out of a mobile home in Panola, about 12 miles north of the landfill. Neighbors frequently seek Oliver’s help when trees fall or roads need fixing.
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