Does the ash contain hazardous substances?
The ash contains small amounts of heavy metals that are trapped in the ash itself and are not readily leaked from the ash. Your cell phone may contain some of these same heavy metals. 6. How much ash will be delivered each year? Approximately 300,000 tons of ash will be delivered annually to the new ash landfill. 7. How many trucks per day does it take to deliver this much ash? It will take approximately 60 trucks per day to deliver the ash. Ash will be delivered five days per week. 8. What route will trucks take to the site? Most of the transportation to the site will be on Interstate highways and limited-access state highways. Ash from all three of the trash-to-energy plants in Preston, Wallingford and Hartford will use Interstate highways and limited access state highways to get to the Route 2 interchange with state Route 32. The trucks will proceed north on Route 32 to the site. None of the ash will be transported on Route 6 through eastern Connecticut, nor will any of it go throug
