Nebraska company attempts to unload toxic waste on Kansas farmer
TOPEKA, Kan. (KANSAS REFLECTOR) - A Nebraska company nearly unloaded its toxic ethanol byproduct on an unsuspecting Topeka farmer before regulators intervened in late December.
AltEn, which is under close observation after creating an environmental crisis in Mead, Nebraska, didn’t disclose the risks of its biochar before selling it to Brady Yingling, owner of B. Cole Agriculture, according to emails made available by Nebraska authorities.
A Nebraska official alerted his Kansas counterpart to the transaction, setting in motion a flurry of conversations that convinced Yingling on Jan. 6 to back out of a deal to acquire 600 “supersacks” of biochar and apply it to fields where he grows corn and soybeans.
After learning the biochar was tainted with concentrated pesticide, and that he would be responsible for proper disposal of the material, Yingling told regulators he wouldn’t accept the biochar. He worried about the harm it would cause to beneficial insects and the children he works with through a 4-H program.
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