Company Bio

The PCB management services our firm offers include:

• Removal and disposal of askarel transformers
• Reclassifying mineral oil transformers to non-PCB status
• Site assessments for all PCB contamination above and below grade
• PCB Site Decommissioning for listing sites as "Historical"
• Decontamination following PCB spills and fires
• Recovery and recycling of metals from PCB and non-PCB scrap transformers
• Removal and disposal of PCB ballasts and capacitors
• Disposal of potheads, PILC cable, circuit breakers, and other electrical equipment
• Disposal of x-ray equipment and electromagnets
• Excavation, transport and disposal of PCB-contaminated soil
• Providing storage for PCB-contaminated oils, fuels, solvents, water and askarels
• Inter or intra-city transportation of PCBs
• Draining, decontamination and/or disposal of underground storage tanks
• Sampling & analysis of substrates for PCBs, dibenzofurans and dioxins
• Decontamination of mineral oil
• On-site Water Treatment

PCB Disposal has worked with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment

Over the years, PCB Disposal has conducted a number of studies aimed at providing information to assist with development of provincial PCB management and disposal guidelines:

• Examining shredding and oil washing as a technique for decontaminating cores from mineral oil transformers

• Monitoring PCB levels in transformers to determine the rate and extend of leaching of PCBs from cores of mineral oil transformers following draining and retrofilling. These studies established the “10% leach back rule”.

• Documenting activities employed by scrap metal facilities receiving obsolete transformers under the Ron Gotts rule which permitted transformers < 500 ppm and 500 gallons to be drained and disposed of as non-PCB units. This practice was discontinued since mishandling of transformers lead to contamination of the scrap dealers’ yards.

PCB Disposal Firsts

PCB Disposal has been a pioneer in PCB management over the years and has several firsts to our credit.

• First to use modified ISO shipping containers for storing PCB wastes equipped with secondary spill containment;

• First to design special PCB containers for the MOE for bulk storage of PCB contaminated soil;

• First to design 8-drum containers for Ontario Hydro;

• First to design special containers for storing flammable PCB-contaminated solvents for Ontario Hydro (containers equipped with spark-resistant, corrosion-proof grating, smoke detectors, external alarms, fire suppression system);

• First to introduce mobile PCB chemical destruction technology to Ontario;