Industry strengths open new services opportunities

Journal Article · Wed Mar 10 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Chemical Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:6478614

Heller, K

The environmental service industry is in a state of transition in which innovative technologies are increasingly playing a critical role. These changes play to the strengths of the chemical industry, and several firms are effectively growing environmental businesses. At the same time, chemical companies, which are among the largest buyers of environmental services, are making decisions that reflect the changes. Du Pont, for example, has decided to rethink its involvement with the controversial Waste Technologies Industries (WTI) hazardous waste incinerator in East Liverpool, OH. Initially expecting a shortage of incineration capacity, Du Pont had signed a contract - along with BASF and Chemical Waste Management - for a share of capacity at the 60,000-tons/year WTI unit. A number of chemical firms are leveraging their strengths. Air Products and Chemicals (Allentown, PA), for one, has partnerships in the waste-to-energy and flue-gas desulfurization businesses. The company runs cogeneration plants that can burn a combination of coal and natural gas to make both steam and electricity. Air Products assorted businesses can be strong at different times, says Hinman. The flue-gas desulfurization business, for example, was active during the first phase of enforcement of the 1990 Clean Air Act requirements for lower sulfur dioxide (SO[sub 2]) emissions.

• OSTI ID: 6478614
• Journal Information: Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 52:9; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290200* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Economics & Sociology
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
CHEMICAL PLANTS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COAL GASIFICATION
COGENERATION
DESULFURIZATION
DEUS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GASIFICATION
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INCINERATORS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRY
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION LAWS
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOILS
STEAM GENERATION
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US CLEAN AIR ACT
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT