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Dry Ice Blasting for Hazardous Waste
The cost of hazardous waste removal
can be monumental, and the typical cleaning methods magnify the problem
many times over because the cleaning materials - water, solvents,
sand etc. - become secondary contamination once in contact with the
primary contaminant. They must be treated as hazardous waste as well.
Since CO2 sublimates upon contact with the target
surface, no secondary waste accumulates. This can amount to truly
tons of savings. The volume of hazardous waste is reduced
to minimal amounts, and the return on investment from converting over
to dry ice blasting can be attained very, very quickly.
Report: Department
of Energy
Supporting this,
the DOE's Office of Environmental Management produced a report regarding
the Los Alomos National Laboratory. The report presented the case
that the facility could achieve a 640% return on investment
by converting over to a CO2 blasting system
saving over $13,000,000 over the course of a ten year life cycle.
Click here to view the report.
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