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Published: April 16, 2008
Mercury recycling planned for Durant
By John David Sutter
Environmental officials announced Tuesday a one-time mercury recycling program in the southern Oklahoma town of Durant.

The effort comes in response to a string of mercury spills in Oklahoma — specifically one in March that killed a Colbert man.

Tony Winnett died early this month after he and Melissa Lake vaporized mercury on a kitchen stove to salvage gold from computer parts.

Afterward, the U....

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