Hazardous Waste Drum Site Cleanup USEPA 1998

This film from the US Environmental Protection Agency shows the assessment and cleanup of an abandoned warehouse containing 5,000 drums of hazardous waste in Matthews, North Carolina in 1998. The drums contained mixed chemicals, including ethylene glycol, peroxides, acids and flammable liquids and solids. The film shows the many hazards faced by cleanup workers and some methods for controlling those hazards. More than 60 similar videos are available for free from the USEPA's Environmental Response Television (ERTV) at http/www.ertvideo.org/Pages/Video.html