Toxic wastes used as site fill

Toxic wastes used as site fill - 1993 - Construction News (6298) 21 January 1993, 1(1) .

A legal loophole is allowing material contaminated with toxic waste to be used as fill on construction sites. Unchecked topsoil, capping layer and hardcore containing arsenic, lead and mercury at potentially dangerous levels could end up on building sites.


CONSTRUCTION SITES
CONTAMINATED LAND
INFILL
TOXIC WASTE