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Disposal & Treatment Options

Berg Environmental Services, Inc. has partnered with a wide variety of TSDF (Transfer Storage & Disposal Facilities) to offer virtually every type of disposal & treament option available today.

We work with our partners to offer the most viable, cost effective, efficient and environmentally sound disposal and treatment solutions for our client generators.

We strongly encourage our client generators to become involved and participate in the selection process for the final disposal destination of their wastes. We welcome questions and inquiries regarding these options, and invite our clients to participate in TSDF site inspections and audits. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns and/or to schedule site inspections and audits.

 

Please read our list of detailed disposal and treatment options, with acoompanying benefits, listed below.

 

 

 

 

Incineration

Incineration is a waste treatment technology that involves the combustion of waste at high temperatures.[1] Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". In effect, incineration of waste materials converts the waste into heat (that can be used to generate electricity), sends gaseous emissions to the atmosphere if the incinerator is of the open variety, new designs include the facility to store the emissions in underground reseviors such as empty oil wells, and makes residual ash.

(per Wikipedia definition)

Many different types of wastes can be incinerated, including: corrosives, contaminated solids, cyanides, lab packs, soils, and medical & biohazard wastes.

The primary benefit of this treatment option is the fact that the incinerator wastes are essentially destroyed resulting in limited long term liability for the generator. It should be noted that resulting ash still remain, and these ashes are typically landfilled, but with the incinerator TSDF named as the generator.

 

Waste Water Treatment

Waste water treatment involves neutralizing the PH of corrosive wastes as well as removing any contaminants such as solids and metals.

This is the most common treatment method for spent corrosive waste streams and includes both acids and bases.

The primary benefit of this treatment option is the fact that the neutralized wastes are rendered harmless, essentially becoming a non hazardous waste water. If the waste contains hazardous heavy metals, they must later be disposed of as a TSDF generated waste.

 

Deep Well Injection

Deposition of untreated or treated, filtered hazardous and non-hazardous waste by pumping it into deep wells, where it is contained in the pores of permeable subsurface rock.

Hazardous and non-hazardous waste waters are the most common wastes sent to deep well injection wells.

This is typically the most cost effective option for disposing of large volumes of bulk waste waters.

 

Fuel Blending

The disposal of hazardous and non-hazarodous wastes by blending them into fuel, which mitigates damage to the environment by recycling waste into fuel and reducing fossil-fuel consumption. These fuels are typically, but not always, burned by cement kilns to produce cement.

Flammable and high BTU/hydrocarbon wastes such as solvents and paints are common wastes that are good candidates for fuel blending.

This is a cost effective treatment method, and has the added benefits of allowing the waste to be recycled and to be essentially destroyed to eliminate long term generator liability.

 

Hazardous Landfill

The disposal of hazardous wastes by depositing them into EPA approved and highly regulated landfills. These landfill cells are specially lined so as to eliminated the possibility of leaching of hazardous wastes into surrounding soil and ground water.

Many wastes are eligible for this type of treatment method.

This is a cost effective treatment method for wastes that, for various reasons, are not compatible with other disposal options. With any sort of landfill option, there persists a long term liability concern for waste generators since the wastes are not destroyed.

 

Non-Hazardous Landfill

The disposal of non-hazardous wastes by depositing them into EPA approved and highly regulated Class 1 & Class 2 landfills. These landfill cells are specially lined so as to mitigate the possibility of leaching of wastes into surrounding soil and ground water.

These special landfill cells are different and more regulated than landfills used for common household wastes and trash. In addition, only approved and properly manifested industrial wastes are approved for disposal in these special landfills.

Non hazardous soils, waste waters, latex paints, filter cake and other non-hazardous wastes are good candidates for this highly cost effective disposal option.

With any sort of landfill option, there persists a long term liability concern for waste generators since the wastes are not destroyed.