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Companies that Process Mercury Waste

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These sites will accept pesticides and mercury from any Michigan county. By appointment only!

COMPANY NAME PROCESS USED SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Mike Chintis 602-495-1833
Drew Hunter 801-322-7022
Hunter Refining Company
Salt Lake City, UT
Company has one Mercury Recovery unit to process soil and recover elemental Hg. Call for details. Recovery process for large cleanups.
Mr. Mike Rockandel
Universal Dynamics
Vancouver, Canada V6J 4V3
604-736-3381 - Canada
Developed treatment technology to remove mercury from contaminated waste (5%-10% Mercury) This company does not treat waste. Mr. Rockandel is a consultant that developed Hg waste treatment technology being used on two superfund sites in the US in 1994.
Thomas Wayland, Ph.D.
Mercury Recovery Services aka Pittsburg Mineral & Environmental Technology
New Brighton, PA
412-843-5000
A mobil retorting facility using a 2 Stage batch process. Capacity 1000 lbs/hour (24 hr operation). Second stage takes process to 1000-1200 degrees F. Call for details. Process was being used to recover Hg at contaminated facility when inquire was made.
Richey Vaughn
Quicksilver Recycling
Brisbane, CA
415-468-2000
Physical Separation
Distillation
Large projects only. Large rotary kiln.
Mr. Joe Bester
Recyclights, Inc.
401 West 86th Street
Bloomington, MN 55420
Distillation
Call for details.
Other Locations:
Tallahassee, FL 850/878-2259
Lakeland, FL 941/668-9105
Columbus, OH 614/276-3000
Mr. Brian Horne
Seaview Thermal Systems
Bluebell, PA
215-654-9800
Thermal Distillation - Heat solid & liquid waste incrimentally to 2000 degress F in N2 atmosphere. Cool to recover contaminant. Large remedial projects on site only. No fixed recovery facility to process waste. Call for more details.
Bill Fristad, Project Mg.
Cognis Incorporated
Santa Rosa, CA
707-576-6200
TerraMet Technology - Soil Washing/Leaching technology for recovery of heavy metals from soil. Mobil technology. Large remedial projects only. Not appropriate for a 2 year job. Mobilization cost of $100,000 (est.).
Mr. Bob Gallagher
NSSI
Houston, TX
713-641-0391
Stationary retort (heating) facility that processes Hg waste on-site in a vacuum chamber condensing out the Hg. Air stream goes to carbon filtration system. Call to inquire.

Mal Gross

Northern Lake Service Inc

Analyze for low-level Mercury in aqueous samples; somewhat higher levels in soils/solids

400 North Lake Avenue
Crandon, WI 54520-1298
Tel: 800-278-1254 Fax: 715-478-30607

mcgnls@northernlakeservice.com

 

Foreign Companies Dealing with Mercury Waste Nomura Kosan Co.
Dr. Sekehir Gotoh
National Institute of Environmental Studies
162, Onogawa, Yatabe-miachi
Tsukuba Ibaraki: 305 Japan

(Has recovered Mercury from soils by roasting).

Oronzio de nora
Milan, Italy
Telex 3-22-231 Ordenor 1
UHDE G.M.B.H.
Dortmund, Germany
Telex: 8-22-841 O ud. d.
Krebb and Company Ltd.
Zurich, Switzerland
Telex 8-15-3482 KS Ch

 

For additional listings, see the Recycled Materials Market Directory and search for "mercury".

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