The United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed an operation to remove hazardous waste in American Samoa.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) completes removal of the hazardous waste. Photo: Supplied/ AS-EPA
The waste included mercury, pesticides, and other harmful products that require special disposal.
Materials were tested and segregated at a secured lot provided by the Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management.
Waste from places including the Lyndon B Johnson Tropical Medical Centre and government departments was packed into a shipping container to be disposed of at a regulated facility off island.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US-EPA) completes removal of the hazardous waste. Photo: Supplied/ AS-EPA