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Archive Home > 2004 > April > 26 > Pyrolysis at work under old landfill

Pyrolysis at work under old landfill

By Rachel Odell / The Bulletin
April 26, 2004

Pyrolysis is happening roughly 80 feet underground on the west side of Bend.

The chemical process - in which heat melts substances in the absence of oxygen - has been ongoing at the Bend Demolition Landfill deep within holes left over from pumice mining.

It's been happening for decades, since....

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