We are a privately held corporation that is engaged in the business of contract reclamation of chemicals for reuse and disposal of chemicals where reclamation is not economically feasible. The idea of this business was conceived several years ago with the serious planning and financing stages developing about four years ago. Then subsequent plant site development resulted in the beginning of op...

Aeronautic/aerospace applications, both military and commercial, are accounting for a large share of the growing composite market in value. However, their share of the market in volume is much smaller. Costs are high when large amounts of carbon fiber reinforcements are used. These high performance composite materials have six properties that give them an edge over traditional materials: longer...

Disposal of metal finishing wastes is one of the most critical industrial waste problems in the United States today. Recent legislation greatly restricts the discharge of most heavy metals to watercourses and future discharge regulations may further restrict their release to the environment. Furthermore, interest in developing possible methods for reclaiming metals from plating waste streams is...

Utilization of sewage sludge on land is an appealing sludge disposal method. The reasons are not just because of the environmental and economic constraints associated with other disposal methods such as incineration and landfilling, but also because the sludge is beneficial both as a soil conditioner and as a fertilizer [1,2]. However, the major limitation with land application of sewage sludge...

The impact of current and historical waste disposal practices on the environment and human health of Indigenous people in First Nations communities has yet to be adequately addressed. Solid waste disposal has been identified as a major environmental threat to First Nations Communities. A community-based participatory research project (CBPR) was initiated by the Saskatoon Tribal Council Health a...

Following the Brent Spar controversy, the OSPAR countries reached a unanimous agreement in 1998 for the future rules for disposal of petroleum installations. The vast majority of existing offshore installations will be re-used or returned to shore for recycling or disposal. For installations where there is no generic solution, one should take a case-by-case approach. We provide a survey of inte...