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Veolia ES Technical Solutions – Phoenix, AZ facility
Located in Phoenix, Arizona, Veolia Environmental Services (VES) is a strategically focused recovery and waste management facility, which provides a variety of waste reduction and recycling services.
VES Arizona operates a 96,000 square foot plant used for the storage, processing and material handling of a variety of PCB and Non PCB equipment and Mercury bearing waste. VES Arizona’s waste reduction and recycling facility is fully permitted in accordance with all applicable USEPA and ADEQ regulations governing the handling and disposal of PCB and Mercury Waste.
The following are examples of facility capabilities and operations:
- Lamp and Ballast Recycling Operations
- Battery Recycling Operation
- Computer CPU's and CRT's Management
- Mercury Extracting and Recycling Operation
- PCB and Non-PCB Electrical Equipment Management
Benefits we can offer that would keep you in compliance with state and federal regulations:
- VES performs the complete process of recycling your lamps. A certificate of recycling will be issued to protect you from any financial liabilities.
- VES features $15 million in pollution liability coverage and $5 million in contractors operations & professional services coverage.
- State-of-the-art equipment separates your lamps into basic components of glass, aluminum, copper, phosphor powder and Mercury.
- Your lamps can be processed within 24 hours of receipt.
The lamps are conveyed into a chamber where a breaker performs an initial particle size reduction of the lamps. Broken lamp pieces are then crushed to achieve a greater particle size reduction and transferred to a primary separator to separate the larger components (aluminum end caps). The remaining components are then further separated generating three process streams, glass cullet, glass fines, and phosphor powder.
The Vapor Collection System is designed to control mercury vapor and dust emissions from the process. The system draws mercury vapor and dust from the process equipment into the bag house. The filter arrangement is designed to trap 99.99% of air-borne particles measuring 0.5 microns or larger. Dust accumulates in containers located underneath the bag house. The air stream leaving the bag house then passes through a sulfur-impregnated carbon vessel to further remove mercury vapors. Each stack is monitored using a real-time mercury vapor-monitoring instrument in accordance with facility’s specific operating permit/plan. A portable Jerome mercury vapor analyzer is used to monitor mercury vapor concentrations in the air throughout the workplace, on a daily basis.
VES de-manufactures these mercury-containing lamps, reclaiming the glass, metal, powder and mercury. VES also reclaims mercury from other devices such as thermometers, thermostats, barometers, etc.
Our Credentials:
| Name & Address: | Veolia ES Technical Solutions, L.L.C. 5736 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, AZ 85043 |
| EPA ID Number: AZ0000337360 | |
| Pollution Insurance: PLS 619 1032 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INS CO General Liability: GL 4177311 COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INS. CO. COPS Insurance: COPS 1956720 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SPECIALTY LINES INS CO | |
| State EPA Contact: | Steve Miller Arizona Department of Environmental Quality 1110 West Washington Street Phoenix, Arizona 85007 (602) 771-4579 |
| Copies of all permits: | Air permit, letter of approval to operate a recycling facility. |
| Results of Most Recent Inspection: | Pass |
| Notices of Violations: | None |
| Summary of Consent Agreements: | NA |
