Both European groups regularly put waste in glass, although their wastes are chemically simpler than the ones at Hanford.

The plant was opened in 1978 to process solid waste from Hong Kong to reduce the need to put waste into landfills.

The situation became of greater concern to the industry last August, when it became illegal to put electroplating waste in a landfill.

That would put hazardous waste into their collection containers.

"We're not going to permit anyone to put waste anywhere near our water," he said.

It plans to put waste in an area unusually subject to rust but has little data on how its metal canisters will perform.

Additionally, increasing the lifetime of homes and appliances also puts less waste and pollution into landfills.

Washington is accused of "squandering" $3 billion in a fruitless search for a place to put waste from nuclear power plants.

"You don't put nuclear waste in a place where human activities like mining and drilling are likely to disrupt it."

The tip bay is organised so that we put fresh waste over old waste before those 10 days are up.