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EMR employees from Teamsters Local 676 march from their facility on Atlantic Avenue to Camden City Hall in protest of the site being closed by the company. Credit: Matt Skoufalos.

Short on Legal Remedies, Officials Say ‘EMR has to Fix EMR’

The Camden City scrapyard has been shut down of its own volition since a two-alarm fire May 30. Follow-up since then has been largely symbolic. City, county, and state officials say that, absent tighter regulatory controls, their options for reining in operations at EMR are limited. Sign in or subscribe to continue reading…  

By Matt Skoufalos | June 8, 2026
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