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Manufacturing Facility Shutdown – Comprehensive Waste Removal & Closure

Situation: A multi-process manufacturing plant (machine shop, metal plating/electroplating, surface preparation, painting, and finishing) shut down operations, leaving behind a complex mix of hazardous and universal wastes accumulated over decades, including:

  • Used oils and oil-water separator sludge
  • Metal-bearing wastes (including chromium)
  • Acids (chromic, hydrochloric, sulfuric)
  • Cyanide-containing wastes
  • Chlorinated solvent residues
  • Sandblasting grit
  • Air pollution control and process filters
  • Paints, solvents, and universal wastes (bulbs, batteries, aerosols)
  • Miscellaneous process chemicals and facility wastes

The owner faced tight regulatory deadlines, uncertain waste volumes/container types, and the need for a safe, compliant, and complete facility clean-out.

Why EnviroServe? Selected based on long-term trust, proven ability to manage diverse and complex industrial waste profiles, and a risk-managed, staged approach instead of a high-risk lumpsum bid.

Services Provided:

  • Facility-wide inventory & sweep: Comprehensive walk-through to locate, identify, and map all remaining chemicals and wastes by process area.
  • Two-stage project structure:
    • Stage 1 (Time & Materials): Expert labor to locate, segregate incompatibles, lab-pack small/miscellaneous containers, consolidate compatible streams, label, and document, creating accurate volume and profile data.
    • Stage 2 (Fixed Price): Sharpened, verified quote for transportation, treatment, and disposal once wastes were fully characterized and containerized.
  • Lab packing & containerization: Safely overpacked and segregated hazardous materials to protect workers, the site, and downstream compliance.
  • Waste consolidation & characterization: Optimized streams for cost-effective disposal; prepared full profiling documentation.
  • Project management & coordination: Served as subcontractor to the lead environmental compliance consultant; sequenced work across departments, aligned with overall closure plan and deadlines, and maintained high responsiveness.
  • Transportation & final disposal: Managed compliant removal and destruction/treatment of all materials at appropriate facilities.

Results:

  • Achieved complete, plant-wide removal of all hazardous, universal, and legacy wastes, enabling full facility closure.
  • Delivered on time, supporting the client’s regulatory and shutdown schedule.
  • Eliminated cost overrun risk through the staged approach: verified quantities drove accurate Stage 2 pricing.
  • Demonstrated EnviroServe’s signature strength, handling “a lot of everything” in complex, multi-stream industrial environments.
  • Reinforced long-term client and consultant trust, winning work through reliability, technical expertise, and transparent risk management rather than lowest price alone.

This project exemplifies EnviroServe’s ideal profile: legacy industrial sites with diverse processes and challenging waste mixtures, where staged scoping, deep capability, and relationship trust create superior outcomes.

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