Client: Industrial Specialty Chemicals FacilityLocation: Southeastern United StatesServices: Hazard Identification, Vendor Coordination, Field Oversight, Vapor Control, Bulk-to-Package Transfer Background An industrial specialty chemicals facility identified an off-spec tanker containing arsenic-bearing wastewater following an attempted outbound… Read More »Safe Management of an Off-Spec Arsenic Acid Tanker
PFAS contamination is increasingly becoming a hot topic in the waste management industry and how to cost effectively and responsibly manage potential contamination continues to be an issue. Recently, a long term WTS client was… Read More »PFAS & Aqueous Film Foam Management – Case Study
The Challenge: Securing an alternative to traditional disposal solution for 5,700 Liters of 20% ethanol at a WTS client site. The Process: WTS qualified, vetted and approved an ethanol recycling facility, in compliance with our… Read More »Ethanol Recycling
An issue that many manufacturers must deal with, particularly in the Western United States, is franchise agreements between local municipalities and local refuse service companies. These agreements establish pricing and terms, and require affected businesses… Read More »Extra Effort to Develop a Recycling Program
Overview / Background: One of the most common materials that nearly all companies and individuals have to dispose of is electronic waste. From household quantities to large volumes at stores and business across the country,… Read More »Case Study – Electronic Waste in the USA
The Challenge: A WTS client (a specialty chemical manufacturer) produces a versatile chemical product with multiple applications that are essential in the production of several important chemicals, polymer foams as well as a precursor to… Read More »Case Study – Finding a Circular Solution for Caustic By-Product
Overview / Background: Increasingly, manufacturers and producers in the business of chemistry are faced with the management of their product which is at their customer locations. The product may be unused, excess, expired or in… Read More »Case Study – Managing Your Product at Your Customer’s Location
Overview / Background: Everyone has seen the posters and heard safety mantras such as, “Every incident is preventable,” “Safety first,” and “Safety is our priority.” These might mean more to some people than they do… Read More »Safety First – Case Study
Overview / Background: A WTS customer was routinely shipping drums of spent solvents off-site for hazardous waste disposal. The drums were shipping for fuels blending and had been shipping to the same facility for several… Read More »Objectively Providing Safe Solutions
