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The Amlon Group’s material recovery and recycling technologies are changing the way companies handle their industrial wastes and byproducts.
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The reclamation of byproducts and secondary materials whenever possible play an invaluable role in reducing our collective carbon footprint. Additionally, reusing raw materials, and reducing ores and concentration depletion, sets your company’s values in the right place.
Because every facility has its own specific needs in terms of handling its unique waste material, and every city, state, province, or country also has individual requirements, there is no one answer that applies to every case.
For us to make a more detailed assessment of your needs, please start by submitting a quote request. Once we’ve reviewed your data, we will ask for any additional information (such as an MSDS, TCLP, TML, analysis, or sample) which will then help us to understand your material and assess the best reclamation options for your specific needs.
Following the assessment, we will provide you with a logistics plan containing details about the documentation and regulatory requirements that must be followed. Our compliance personnel will then work with you at the plant, local and governmental levels to ensure the proper handling of your materials.
Packaging will depend on the materials and quantities you are transporting. Amlon Group can receive the following packaging types:
As always, the first step to determining what’s best for you is for us to review your needs by completing our request for quote.
Types of Industrial Waste Materials Processed:
The Amlon Group processes a wide-range of industrial waste streams, including oil-bearing materials, metal-bearing wastes, and other hazardous secondary materials. Using advanced technologies, we reclaim valuable components, ensuring responsible and sustainable waste management.
Types of Industrial Waste Materials Processed:
Amlon provides comprehensive medical waste processing services, including the safe disposal of regulated medical waste, pharmaceuticals, biohazardous, pathological, and other sensitive materials.
Destruction Services:
Our experts handle all types of controlled substance waste, from narcotics to medications, collected evidence, firearms, crime scenes, witness burn, and more.
A Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility (TSDF) is a permitted facility that accepts ownership and responsibility for your hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams. Unlike 10-day storage facilities where waste ownership remains with the generator, a TSDF takes on responsibility once your materials arrive at our facility.
At Amlon, our TSDF operations at Longview and Golden Triangle are fully permitted under RCRA Part B regulations to handle, consolidate, treat, and properly dispose of complex industrial waste streams. Our Longview facility operates under an expanded permit, giving us broader acceptance capabilities for containerized waste. This means we take on the regulatory burden and liability, allowing you to focus on your core operations while we manage your waste in full compliance with federal and state regulations.
An important distinction: At a TSDF, we “kill the manifest” by taking ownership of the waste. We then manage the final disposition through our network of approved disposal facilities, which includes hazardous and non-hazardous landfills, deep well injection sites, incinerators, cement kilns, and recycling/recovery facilities. Our expertise in materials management means we can identify the most cost-effective and environmentally responsible pathway for each waste stream.
Location is critical in hazardous waste management. Industry experience shows that water-based waste streams typically don’t travel economically beyond a two-hour radius, while drummed materials become cost-prohibitive past four hours due to transportation expenses.
Amlon’s TSDF facilities in Longview and Golden Triangle are strategically positioned to serve major industrial corridors across Texas and Louisiana within this optimal four-hour service radius. This geographic positioning ensures that transportation costs don’t erode the savings you’ve negotiated on disposal pricing.
For generators outside our direct service radius, we’ve established satellite hub locations where you can conveniently drop off waste at 10-day storage facilities. For example, manufacturers in Pasadena, La Porte, Texas City, and Galveston can use our Baytown facility as a hub. You drop off your materials locally, and Amlon handles the transportation to our TSDF for processing. This hub-and-spoke approach makes our TSDF services accessible to smaller generators and brokers who might only have a few drums or totes, eliminating the financial burden of long-haul transportation.
Regulatory compliance and documentation are foundational to TSDF operations. Amlon provides comprehensive audit packets that demonstrate our facility’s compliance with all federal and state environmental regulations.
Our standard audit packet includes:
For clients who prefer visual documentation, we also offer an enhanced audit packet with photographs of our safety equipment, containment berms, eyewash stations, gated property, fire retention systems, and other critical infrastructure.
These audit packets are designed to make your job easier when responding to corporate compliance requirements or client approval processes. We welcome EPA auditors and third-party inspections because we maintain rigorous standards at all times.
Speed of profiling and acceptance is one of Amlon’s key competitive advantages. Our team of waste management professionals brings deep technical knowledge of complex waste streams and regulatory requirements, allowing us to make faster approval decisions than facilities with less experienced staff.
When you submit a waste stream for evaluation, we leverage our expertise in industries ranging from chemical manufacturing and downstream energy to pharmaceuticals and electronics. We understand the nuances of different materials, which means we can quickly determine acceptance criteria, appropriate handling protocols, and pricing.
Our profiling process starts with our permit codes—we begin by checking whether we can accept the waste under our current permits. The materials we cannot accept include biologicals, dioxins, PCBs, explosives, and NORM waste. For everything else within our permit scope, we tell customers: “Let us look at everything.” We can often find a solution, whether through our TSDF or through other Amlon facilities.
Once we provide pricing and you accept, we immediately begin the profiling process to expedite scheduling. Our facilities are designed as easy receiving locations with streamlined logistics, extended operating hours, and dedicated personnel to minimize your equipment downtime.
This speed-to-acceptance approach is particularly valuable during refinery turnarounds or facility shutdowns when every hour counts. We have the capacity, expertise, and operational flexibility to handle high-volume projects on tight timelines while maintaining our zero-incident safety record.
Amlon’s competitive advantage comes down to three core differentiators: speed, service, and reliability.
Speed: Our profiling and acceptance process is faster because our team has specialized expertise in the specific waste streams we handle. We make it easy for you to send us waste with minimal administrative burden and quick turnaround on documentation.
Service: We’ve built our TSDF operations around convenience. Strategically located facilities within optimal service radii. Satellite hub locations for easy drop-offs. Extended operating hours. Covered cleaning bays. Large-scale capacity for turnaround projects. We don’t just accept waste; we design our operations to support your operational needs.
Reliability: We maintain zero-incident safety records and rigorous compliance standards. When we commit to a pickup schedule or processing timeline, we deliver. Our facilities have the permits, infrastructure, and safety protocols that withstand the most demanding audits.
Additionally, Amlon offers something many regional TSDFs cannot: integrated waste management solutions across multiple facilities. As part of The Amlon Group’s network, we can handle not just your TSDF needs, but also your reclamation services, thermal destruction requirements, and equipment decontamination through our other specialized locations. This allows for vendor consolidation, simplified compliance documentation, and stronger long-term partnerships.
A key operational differentiator is our fuel blending capability. Many TSDFs simply dispose of waste, but we can transform certain waste streams into alternative fuels for cement kilns. This creates value recovery opportunities and reduces landfill dependency—turning a cost center into a strategic advantage.
Finally, our materials management expertise sets us apart. When a waste stream isn’t an exact fit for one facility, we can often identify an alternative solution within the Amlon network. This integrated approach means fewer “no” responses and more creative solutions for complex waste challenges.
Amlon’s Longview facility operates under a full RCRA Part B permit covering D-codes, U-codes, F-codes, K-codes, and P-codes. The facility was previously operated under limited permit coverage and was substantially upgraded to full TSDF capabilities. Our Golden Triangle facility combines TSDF operations with a Centralized Waste Treatment (CWT) plant, providing unique capabilities for wastewater processing alongside containerized waste management. This dual-permit structure is relatively uncommon in the Texas-Louisiana region and provides customers with comprehensive service options.
Absolutely. Unlike some TSDFs that require minimum volumes or regular shipment schedules, Amlon welcomes small quantity generators and irregular waste streams. Our storage and consolidation capabilities allow us to economically manage small volumes by accumulating materials over time until cost-effective disposal quantities are achieved. This is particularly beneficial for pipeline and terminal operators, maintenance contractors, and small manufacturers who generate limited waste volumes.
Amlon can accommodate both approaches. We have relationships with licensed hazardous waste transporters and can coordinate transportation as part of our comprehensive service offering. Alternatively, generators are welcome to use their preferred transportation providers. Our team works collaboratively to ensure all shipping, manifesting, and logistics are managed efficiently regardless of the transportation arrangement.