Environmental Recovery Services Brochure

Client Services

Waste Minimization: The goal of Enviroserv is to improve the overall efficiency of your waste management. We seek to minimize and consolidate waste streams whenever possible.

With simple modifications to a generation process and or packaging configurations, we can substantially reduce present waste management costs.

Drums can be bulked into intermediate packaging such as: cubic yard super-sacks, boxes or totes. Existing cubic yard containers can usually bulk into roll-off bins, end-dumps or vacuum tankers

In some cases a waste can be re-used, becoming a commodity that instead of a waste material. Therefore, disposal cost can actually be transformed into a profit and liability is virtually eliminated.

Dramatic cost savings can be achieved when a model waste management program is undertaken to minimize, consolidate and repackage waste streams. Enviroserv maintains strategic alliances with TSD facilities that afford handling of your industrial and hazardous waste management needs anywhere in North America. Enviroserv's network of Transfer, Storage and Disposal Facilities, along with multiple fleets of service vehicles will efficiently address your every need.

Disposal Alternatives: Enviroserv constantly searches for new technologies and applications for the disposition of our client's waste. In many cases we have been able to move a waste stream from a landfill application, to that of recycling, for the same cost. This enables the generator to realize the benefits of greatly reduced liability.

Treatment Options

Co-Generation: Co-Generation is often referred to as "Waste to Energy Technology." Non-Hazardous wastes, and / or Non-RCRA wastes (California), including: pharmaceutical products, oil absorbed material, plastic film, debris, manufacturing trimmings, empty containers, consumer packaged goods, and a variety of other non-hazardous wastes can be recycled using Co-Generation Technology. The waste is processed thoroughly to complete combustion providing energy for municipal utilities.

Fuels Blending: Waste streams that have a minimum BTU value of 5,000 are prime candidates for supplemental fuels. Hazardous waste is recycled by blending liquid and even solid wastes into a supplemental fuel, for energy recovery in industrial furnaces or cement kilns. This is the preferred method of disposition for any waste streams falling within fuel blenders parameters. Fuels Blending is cheaper by far than incineration, and liability is virtually eliminated.

Incineration: Waste that is contaminated with RCRA levels of certain contaminants may not be applicable for any treatment standard other than incineration. This would of course include land-banned contaminants. The contaminated wastes are incinerated to complete destruction, though a hazardous ash remains which is stabilized and land filled. This is by far the most expensive form of waste remediation.

Land Disposal: Non-Hazardous, California-Hazardous and even some RCRA-Hazardous soils can be land applied when allowed by the EPA's universal treatment standards. This application is not always the least expensive option. However, there remains the liability of burying your contaminated waste.

Recycling: Many waste streams, such as oils, oily water, solvents, etc., are sent to recycling facilities to be processed or reclaimed into a reusable product.  Supplemental fuels are another example of wastes that are reused for other purposes, thus also achieving recycling status.  We strive to recycle all of our clients' wastes when possible.

Engineering Services

Soil Remediation: Most regulatory agencies have strict clean-up levels that require remediation or removal of contaminated soils.  Contamination may be as simple as petroleum hydrocarbons, or as complex as volatiles and heavy metals.  Enviroserv offers several solutions as outlined in the Soil Remediation Technologies section.

UST Compliance: Today everyone is aware of the complex regulations surrounding underground storage tanks. We specialize in the compliance, removal and installation of USTs in California.  Enviroserv offers a turnkey approach to your UST challenge and can even contract for the ground-up phase of your construction.

Demolition: Enviroserv has a growing expertise in the field of dismantling and demolishing facilities and sites contaminated with hazardous materials.  Some examples are; Asbestos impacted buildings, Plating shops, and chemical companies.  Special care is required during all phases of this type of work for the identification, handling, transportation and     disposal of contaminated debris.

Construction: State and federal regulations require minimum standards for secondary containment of hazardous waste and for the hazardous waste storage area itself. Enviroserv offers turnkey service in the upgrade and/or construction of both of these required areas.  Often all that is necessary in a hazardous waste storage area is the addition of berms or recoating of the containment area itself.

Soil Remediation Technologies

Bio-Remediation: This technology is typically applied on-site for low levels of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination, though off-site Bio-Remediation is available as well.  The soil is excavated and a biological agent is added and mixed with the contaminated soil.  This alone can dramatically lower the levels of hydrocarbons present, often to below clean-up standards.

Thermal Desorption: Perhaps the most preferred method of treating petroleum impacted soils is thermal desorption.  In this application, soil is excavated, removed from the site, and taken to a treatment facility. Here the soil is heated in a rotary kiln to approximately 1,500 degrees. The hydrocarbons are flashed off, rendering the soil clean, whereby it is reused, typically as fill or base for other construction projects. On extremely large scale projects, insitu thermal desorption units are available.  Today some F-coded RCRA soils cans be thermally desorbed instead of the more costly incineration.

Incineration: Soil that is contaminated with RCRA levels of certain contaminants may not be applicable for any other treatment standard than incineration.  This would of course include land-banned contaminants.  The contaminated soil is incinerated through to complete destruction, though a hazardous ash remains which is stabilized and land filled.  This is by far the most expensive form of soil remediation.

Land Disposal: Non-Hazardous, Non-RCRA and even some RCRA soils can be land applied when allowed by the EPA's universal treatment standards. This application is not always the least expensive option, and there remains the liability of burying your contaminated waste, which may come back to haunt.

On-Site Fixation/Stabilization: RCRA and Non-RCRA Soils contaminated with heavy metals can be stabilized on-site.  Ionic and covalent bonding is used to bind the metals in a silicate or similar sequestering matrix and limit the leaching characteristics of said metals to below applicable state or federal threshold limits.  Processed soil is then transported off-site as Non-Hazardous.

More Client Services

CFR and Title 22 dictates that waste must be characterized prior to transport and acceptance into a facility for disposal. By law, the generator is responsible for determining the characterization of their waste, either by generator's knowledge, Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS) or with the use of laboratory analytical. Enviroserv will assist in this process by providing analytical services, either in the field as needed or in the laboratory.  Strict governmental compliance with all local, state and federal laws and regulations will always be adhered to.

Laboratory Services: Enviroserv retains the services of California state certified laboratories only.  Theses labs are capable of the following required analytics: Atomic Absorption (AA), AA – flame, AA Spectroscopy – graphite furnace, Fluorescence, Gas Chromatography (GC), and GC-Mass Spectrometry for all regulated organics, X-ray Fluorescence, Organic Vapor analyzer and Inductively Coupled Plasma/Atomic emission spectroscopy, pH, and flash-point test. TSDFs also have in-house labs per permit requirements.

Profiling Services: Additionally, Enviroserv will prepare all necessary profiles for every facility used your company at no charge. Completed profiles will be presented to the appropriate personnel for review and signature.  There is never a profiling fee, however, charges may be applicable for required analytical, or field services.

Manifesting Services: Upon profile approval by the TSDF, proper manifests and labels are computer generated by Enviroserv with the correct DOT and EPA classifications. Manifests are available for review prior to shipment upon request.  Our compliance staff is always on hand to research unusual waste streams that crop up occasionally.