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Stericycle shutters its North Salt Lake plant after 33 years of incinerating medical waste

Activists hail the demise of one of Utah’s most notorious polluters as a victory for citizen activism, but some ask why it took so long.

(Keith Johnson | Tribune File Photo) Stericycle's North Salt Lake medical-waste incinerator shut down Friday after years of controversy over the plant's emissions in a growing part of Davis County. Regulators slapped the waste processor with $5 million in fines for exceeding emission limits and conducting invalid stack tests. Photographed January 21, 2014.