This is a list of notable waste disposal incidents.
Incident Description Date Location Aberfan disastercoal waste spill 1966 United Kingdom Acerinox accident radioactive contamination 1998 Spain Agriculture Street Landfill United States Ajka alumina plant accident caustic waste spill 2010 Hungary Atari video game burial 1983 United StatesBajzë Rail Stationchemical contamination1991AlbaniaBellevue solvent recycling plantchemical contamination2001Australia Buffalo Creek Flood coal slurry impound spill 1972 United States Corby toxic waste case United Kingdom 2006 Côte d'Ivoire toxic waste dump 2006 Côte d'Ivoire Cuyahoga River United States Friendly Floatees flotsam 1992 Ocean Goiânia accident radioactive contamination 1987 Brazil Hansa Carrier flotsam 1990 Ocean Khian Sea waste disposal incident 1986 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill coal fly ash slurry spill 2008 United States2015 Gold King Mine waste water spillacid mine waste spill 2015United States Gold mine at Kingston, Queensland toxic waste Australia Lake Karachay radioactive waste dump site Russia Love Canal toxic waste dump United States Māpua contaminated site toxic waste 1932-88 New Zealand Martin County sludge spill water pollution 2000 United States Mayapuri radioactive contamination 1986 India McFarland incident toxic waste 2000 South Korea Minamata Bay mercury poisoning cause of Minamata disease 1932-68 Japan Mobro 4000 garbage barge 1987 United States Munisport United States Radioactive waste dumping by the 'Ndrangheta radioactive waste Italy Saint John, New Brunswick harbour cleanup sewerage Canada Seveso disaster toxic pollutant 1976 Italy Spodden Valley asbestos controversy 2004 United Kingdom Sydney Tar Ponds hazardous waste Canada Syringe Tide 1987-88 United States Techa River radioactive contamination Russia Teckomatorp 1970s Sweden Times Beach, Missouri dioxin scare 1983 United States Tonoshō, Kagawa industrial waste dump Japan Tui mine tailings dam New Zealand DuPont Washington Works perfluorooctanoic acid dump 1951-2003 United States Valley of the Drums toxic waste dump United States View-Master factory supply well United States
See also List of environmental issues List of years in the environment
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