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specific operation where there might be more

volatile stuff --

MR. EISENBUD?:
You have to know
what you are doing; you've got to know what you've
got in the waste.
MR, HARRIS:
If there were a particular operation that had a particularly dsenger~
ous, particularly volatile material, you have

to be concerned about it, but a normal waste
rial. of this tyne could be taken oure of,

MR. EISENBUD:

mate=

KHere'’s a radiological

laboratory which for many years has been baling

waste paper at the cost of €250. a bale, shipping
it 300 miles for vermanent storage whatever that
is supposed to be and we acked them to do this
experiment on trial, and they said, no, they

had public relations problems and they wouldn't
even discuss it with us,

And so we did.it,

In burning these eight tons, it

cost them $2000, to package thie and the cost

of the experiment was very much less than

packing this material if they took care of
the burhing and storing and this is the kind

of thing where you see the opportunity to do something

where you are concerned, both with the health
hazard and also at the same time, the economics

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