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Veolia ES Technical Solutions – Stoughton, MA facility
The Veolia Environmental Services (VES) facility in Stoughton, Massachusetts is a recycler of a variety of lighting and electronic wastes. VES utilizes state of the art recycling technologies to recover and re-use a wide variety of valuable materials. The Stoughton facility performs 100% recycling of fluorescent and HID lamps. VES operates its lamp recycling and mercury reclamation processes under a “Class C” Commercial Recycling Permit issued by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MADEP). VES operates its PCB ballast recycling operations under a PCB Commercial Storage Permit and an Alternative Decontamination and Sampling Plan (40 CFR 761.79(h)) approved by USEPA.
VES de-manufactures PCB and DEHP ballasts in a controlled environment, producing clean components of metal casing and copper, which are sold for recycling. VES ships capacitors and potting compound removed from PCB lamp ballasts to an USEPA-approved incinerator or secure chemical landfill, depending upon customer requirements. VES recycles DEHP capacitors in accordance with all applicable state and federal regulations. VES is authorized by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection to receive all types of batteries as a universal waste. After receiving, batteries are identified, sorted, or re-packaged for shipment to off-site reclamation facilities.
VES also receives cathode ray tubes (CRTs) and computer equipment for recycling as well.
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 MRT 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. 218 Canton Street, Stoughton, MA 02072 |
| EPA ID Number: MA5000004713 | |
| Pollution Insurance: PLS1364667 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: | Jim Miller MADEP 1 Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108 (617) 292-5574 |
| 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 |
