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Recycling
Waste Minimization and Recycling Assessments

Effective Environmental prides itself on the ability to assist customers in reducing the actual amount of waste they produce, along with constructing and implementing alternative disposal and recycling methods.

Types of Recycling We Offer:

  • Computer Electronics Recycling
  • Battery Recycling
  • Lamp (Bulb) Recycling
  • Mercury Waste Recycling
  • Power Distribution Equipment Recycling
  • Thinner and Solvent Recycling
  • Acids and Caustics Recycling
  • Precious Metals Recycling
  • Grease Recycling
  • Fuel and Oil Recovery
  • Fuel Blending
  • Filter Recycling
  • Glycol (Coolant) Recycling
  • Wastewater Recycling

Computer Electronics Recycling

Outdated computer and electronic components may contain hazardous materials and therefore must be managed properly. It is estimated that more than 150 million outdated computers have been buried in landfills in the year 2005 alone. E2 offers recycling of outdated computers and electronics that meet RCRA, state, and local disposal guidelines.

E2 coordinates with your employees to develop proper labeling and packaging in order to transport and dispose of the equipment safely and legally.
 

Hazardous Content
Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, PCB’s

Sources
Electronic equipment - VCR’s, stereos, telephones, copiers, fax machines, telephone systems, cash registers, televisions, copper and aluminum wire, panels, controllers.

Computer equipment - PC’s, mainframes, central processing units (CPU’s), auxiliary equipment, switches, wiring, printers, scanners/readers, keyboards, zip drives, circuit boards, monitors/cathode ray tubes (CRT’s).
 

Battery Recycling

Batteries that are generated by household, commercial or industrial facilities may be considered hazardous waste and must be managed properly. E2 provides an environmentally sound, consolidated recycling approach for batteries that meets all regulatory requirements and reduces generator liability and administrative burden. We customize recycling programs to each customer’s needs, coordinate pickup, labeling, packaging, transportation, and even track your waste from pickup through recycling.

Hazardous Content
Corrosive liquids, reactive metals, and toxic heavy metals

Sources
Industrial and household batteries, including AAA, AA, C, D, 9 volt, lantern and types such as mercury, nickel cadmium, lead-acid, lithium, magnesium, nickel, metal hydride, alkaline, iron, zinc carbon, and silver.
 

Lamp (Bulb) Recycling

Mercury, the harmful effects of which have been documented for decades, is an essential component of fluorescent and high intensity discharge lamps. These and other types of lamps, including incandescent, may contain toxic heavy metals, rendering them environmentally hazardous.

E2 picks up and recycles all of your used lamps that contain mercury. We coordinate with your employees to develop proper packaging, in order to transport and recycle the spent lamps safely and legally.

Hazardous Content
Mercury and sometimes lead

Sources
Lamps like fluorescent, high intensity discharge, (mercury vapor, high pressure sodium, metal halide), neon, and other specialty lamps

Mercury Waste Recycling

Mercury, or “Quicksilver” as it is sometimes called, has traditionally been used in electrical devices, precision instruments, medical apparatus, and in conjunction with other elements to form compounds for industrial applications. Despite its widespread use, mercury is considered a hazardous material that needs to be disposed of properly once it is removed.

Hazardous Content
Mercury

Sources
Fluorescent and other mercury vapor bulbs, electrical devices, precision instruments, medical equipment, mercury compounds, debris and contaminated soil

Power Distribution Equipment Recycling

E2 provides all necessary transportation, packaging, shipping documentation, and labeling in accordance with state and federal rule and regulations when dealing with non-PBC and PCB contaminated waste.

E2 has specialized personnel to recognize and interpret customer’s environmental needs, by providing the most cost effective disposal option. E2 has access to PBC incinerators, PBC processing facilities and several PCB permitted storage facilities. Options for handling this material may include recycling, incineration, and landfill.

Hazardous Content
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB’s)

Sources
PBC’s traditionally were used in electrical applications and are found in most electrical equipment, including: transformers, ballasts, capacitors, circuit breakers, switches, bushings, and cable.
 

Thinner and Solvent Recycling

In Texas, if it meets certain criteria, thinners and solvents can be considered Universal Waste. They get blended into a fuel that powers cement kilns. Rules vary in other states with similar techniques which may classify thinners and solvents as hazardous rather than Universal. If that is the case, E2 professionals then follow the rules and regulations to dispose of the hazardous waste properly.


Acids and Caustics Recycling

Depending on the cleanliness, purity, and pH of the material, or whether or not the waste stream meets applicable criteria, acids and caustics maybe used as neutralization agents in other disposal processes.


Precious Metals Recycling

Precious metals are present in many streams at varying levels of purity and concentration. When feasible, we recover these metals to be recycled and used in the manufacturing of products. At the very least, we separate the metals from the remaining waste stream and resale them, which can provide a positive economic impact.


Grease Recycling

E2 has many routine grease trap cleanouts we call “milk runs”. We schedule our customers for their quarterly grease trap cleanout which includes: vacuuming out the old grease, rinsing out the trap, and then transporting it to a recycling facility. Using our “milk run” system, we take advantage of the economy of scale which in turn saves our customers money by allowing clients to share in the vacuum truck and equipment usage fees. Recovered grease is usually cleaned up and can be used as fuel or “feedstock” in refineries.


Filter Recycling

Waste filters come in all shapes and sizes and are comprised of varying media. The filter recycling operation utilizes the remaining filtered product and the metal carcass, as well as the filter paper or material used for the interior membrane in 3 separate recycling programs. This way it accomplishes the most reclamation of as much of the original product as possible.


Glycol (Coolant) Recycling

Glycol (or coolant), which is the main ingredient in anti-freeze, can be found in any engine from cars and diesel engines to huge industrial engines. Effective Environmental, Inc. has a full service glycol recycling program which retrieves the used glycol from the customer and transports it to the appropriate recycling facility. The glycol is cleaned and then used for its original applications.


Wastewater Recycling

For liquid and semi-liquid wastewater, E2 utilizes a wide range of aqueous treatment technologies, including chemical oxidation and reduction, neutralization, metal precipitation, flocculation, filtration, carbon absorption, and stabilization through encapsulation. In addition, we offer a supercritical fluid extraction process capable of recovering 99% or more of organic contaminants from wastewater.

Since E2 is committed to making your disposal as cost-effective as possible, we analyze incoming aqueous waste to determine the best treatment for each load. Acids, for example, can be neutralized by combining them with alkaline from a second source that can then be safely and cost-effectively managed.