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Bhopal Toxic Waste Disposal
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- Forty years after the Bhopal gas tragedy, the shifting of about 337 metric tonnes of chemical waste stored at the Union Carbide factory site commenced for its disposal.
- The disposal will take place at a facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh.
- The toxic waste includes 162 metric tonnes of soil, 92 metric tonnes of Sevin and naphthol residues, 54 metric tonnes of semi-processed pesticides, and 29 metric tonnes of reactor waste.
- On the night of December 2, 1984, a massive release of methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas from the Union Carbide plant.
- In 2015, a trial was conducted to incinerate 10 tonnes of the chemical waste.
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