Mercury Waste Solutions is the Nation’s
Largest Mercury Waste
Processor
We offer industry-leading capacity and comprehensive,
state-of-the art mercury retort services. We recover Mercury
from contaminated products, devices, and debris. Every step of
our process works toward one objective…to effectively reduce
your environmental liability..
At our Union Grove, Wisconsin facility, we are equipped to
handle any container from a 1 quart container to a 30 yard roll
off. Our patented continuous flow retort oven has been designed
to process up 1,000 lbs per hour of flow-able mercury
contaminated powders and other solids. Our four stationary
retort ovens can process the equivalent of twenty seven
55-gallon drum equivalents in each run, which allows us to
handle a wide variety of large, hard to handle waste such as
large pieces of contaminated equipment including, pipes, tanks,
and arc valves.
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Major University Validates Mercury VaporLok® Benefits
A recent study conducted by the University of Minnesota’s School of Public Health suggest that most containers used for storage and transportation of used fluorescent lamps to recycling centers do not adequately protect against mercury vapors emitted from broken lamps. The study, published in the March 2009 issue of the Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, found that of the five package designs tested, only one minimized exposure levels below ALL acceptable Federal and State regulations and guidelines. VaporLok Products, LLC, a Mercury Waste Solutions affiliated company, supplied the patent-pending Mercury VaporLok® vapor-resistant bags utilized in the successful design.
Additionally, the successful design was the only one tested that also met the more stringent California OSHA requirements by nearly 10 times. This packaging configuration lowered mercury vapor concentrations by 99.7 percent compared to a single layer cardboard box design that was also tested. Mercury VaporLok® bags are used to store, ship and recycle other mercury-containing products including batteries, devices and dental wastes.
Click here to read the Study Abstract.
Click here to read the VaporLok Press Release.
If you would like to receive a free copy of the complete study, click here.
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