Treatment of Contaminated Soils

Environmental Soil Management, Inc., has the largest treatment facilities for contaminated soils in the Northeast and has the capability to treat soils contaminated with oils, solvents, PCBs, coal tars, fuels and other constituents. ESMI has successfully completed more than 8,000 soil remediation projects that included the treatment of more than 1.75 million tons of contaminated soil. The Company is permitted to treat up to 340,000 tons per year of contaminated soils that are not state or federal hazardous waste at its facilities in  New York and New Hampshire. For larger environmental remediation projects, ESMI owns high-capacity portable treatment plants capable of treating soils at the project site — which eliminates transportation costs and its associated liability. ESMI’s treatment process achieves a greater than 99% destruction efficiency, providing clients a complete guarantee that the contaminated material has been successfully cleaned to a specified cleanup level. ESMI’s treatment utilizes a process called thermal desorption — a proven technology that permanently destroys hydrocarbons. The contaminated materials are heated in a rotary dryer to temperatures between 350-1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The extracted contaminants are destroyed in an oxidizer. Then, flue gases are cooled, and the material is passed through a baghouse to remove particulates. Soils treated by ESMI are either returned to the customer or recycled into a variety of construction materials.  Thermal desorption does not damage the soil’s characteristics, which enables the treated soil to support future biological activity. For more information, visit ESMI’s web site at www.esmicompanies.com or contact ESMI at 1-800-511-ESMI.