ASH BURIAL

There was a report on Page B10 of the July 29, 2011 edition of the Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch that the regional "Southeastern Public Service Authority" in Norfolk, Va. had decided to bury 200,000 tons of incinerator ash per year at a landfill in Suffolk, Va. instead of the "Mt. Trashmore II" landfill facility in Va. Beach.

In an effort to be environmentally compatible, they decided to bury the ash in such a way as to make it indistinguishable from its surroundings, so that no one would be able to tell the ash from the hole in the ground.