Global Development Ressources Inc.
ELI Eco Logic International Inc. (Eco Logic) was formed with a
vision of commercializing a viable alternative to incineration
for the treatment of highly hazardous organic contaminants.
More than a decade later, the company has implemented the
technology, Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR), in four
countries - Canada, the United States, Ausralia and Japan. Eco
Logic employs roughly 25 environmental professionals at offices
in Canada, the United States and Australia.
Environmental Profile
Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction (GPCR) is a non-incineration, hazardous organic waste treatment technology developed, patented and implemented by Eco Logic of Rockwood, Ontario, Canada. Internationally accepted and tested, GPCR has been used to treat thousands of tons of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxins and furans, hexachlorobenzene (HCB), organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and other POPs. The Process involves the gas-phase chemical reduction of organic compounds by hydrogen at temperatures of approximately 875C. Chlorinated organic compounds are ultimately reduced to methane, hydrogen chloride, and minor amounts of low molecular weight hydrocarbons (benzene and ethylene). The hydrochloric acid is neutralized by addition of caustic soda during initial cooling of the process gas. The ability of GPCR to destroy organic contaminants with efficiencies in excess of 99.9999% has been proven numerous times in demonstration tests and commercial-scale operations, and to date over 30,000 operating hours have been logged.
The majority of waste treatment activities using GPCR occurred at Eco Logics full-scale commercial plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, which began commissioning operations in 1995 and achieved commercial throughputs by 1998. The plant was closed in December 2000 due to declining waste availability in the country. In total, the plant treated in excess of 2,000 tonnes of waste including PCBs, pesticides and other POPs, with most up to 1,500 tonnes having been treated in the last two years of operation. Another large-scale operation was conducted at General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) in St. Catharines, Ontario. This demonstration project, which began in February 1996 and concluded in September 1997, saw the destruction of approximately 1,000 tonnes of PCB-contaminated electrical equipment (transformers, capacitors, ballasts), concrete, oil, soil and miscellaneous other solids and liquids.
There are currently 3 GPCR plants in existence worldwide. A demonstration-scale plant is currently housed at Eco Logics head office in Rockwood, Ontario, Canada, where it is being used for treatability testing and engineering development. This unit had been previously housed at a US Army facility where it underwent extensive testing for chemical munitions treatment. A second demonstration-scale plant is located in Japan, where it has been used for regulatory testing for PCB and dioxin waste treatment. Eco Logics Japanese partners have recently completed construction of a semi-mobile GPCR plant, which will be used for commercial treatment of PCB wastes throughout Japan. These three plants are in addition to two commercial-scale plants that previously operated in Kwinana, Western Australia, and in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Another plant is expected to be built in 2003/2004 for use in Slovakia under a PCB treatment project with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization.
Company Details
Year Established:
1986
Total Sales ($CDN):
$5,000,000 - $10,000,000
Number of Employees:
20
Company Information
Beth Kummling
Title:
Director
Area of Responsibility:
Domestic Sales & Marketing
Telephone:
(519) 856-9591
Fax:
(519) 856-9235
Email:
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Chris Carmichael
Title:
Data Provider
Telephone:
(416) 488-7760
Fax:
(416) 483-1516
Email:
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Products
Hazardous Waste Destruction
Gpcr Technology
Eco Logic's GPCR technology is proven for the destruction and recycling of highly hazardous organic chemicals. Through more than a decade of development this technology has consistently demonstrated commercial-scale destruction and removal efficiencies of at least 99.9999% on a variety of contaminants.
The technology utilizes reduction chemistry rather than oxidation reactions typical to incinerators. By reforming contaminants in a hydrogen atmosphere, the possibility of forming dioxins and furans as by-products is greatly reduced. The off gases (primarily methane and hydrochloric acid) are held and analyzed prior to reuse or recycle thus ensuring that there are no uncontrolled emissions.
Typical applications for GPCR include treatment of PCBs, electrical equipment, contaminated soils, petrochemical wastes, high-strength industrial chemicals, chlorofluorocarbons, carbon filter media, certain low level radioactive wastes, and municipal sludges. The technology can be implemented for the treatment of legacy waste cleanups (i.e. contaminated sites and stockpiles), or installed at a smaller scale within an industrial facility for treatment of high-strength organic waste streams as they are created, thus minimizing pollution from the plant.
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