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By Austin Evans Writer Six Nations\u2019 controversial incinerator has been demolished nearly a decade after it shut down. Made to get rid of trash, the long-dormant incinerator at the Six Nations landfill was itself trashed the week of September 9. The incinerator had been left beside Six Nations Fire Station #5. The fire department had the incinerator removed so they could use the space. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) Communications said the incinerator sat there for 10 years due to a lengthy legal battle between them and John Kearns, the man who sold SNEC the incinerator. The Kearns Disintegrator System as Kearns called it was built in 2014 with the promise it would create zero emissions as it burned waste to ash. Kearns claimed the incinerator\u2019s heat was high enough… <\/p>\n

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By Austin Evans Writer Six Nations\u2019 controversial incinerator has been demolished nearly a decade after it shut down. Made to get rid of trash, the long-dormant incinerator at the Six Nations landfill was itself trashed the week of September 9. The incinerator had been left beside Six Nations Fire Station #5. The fire department had the incinerator removed so they could use the space. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) Communications said the incinerator sat there for 10 years due to a lengthy legal battle between them and John Kearns, the man who sold SNEC the incinerator. The Kearns Disintegrator System as Kearns called it was built in 2014 with the promise it would create zero emissions as it burned waste to ash. Kearns claimed the incinerator\u2019s heat was high enough... <\/p>\n

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