The EPA specifically defines beneficial reuse and provides examples. Altiras has developed beneficial reuse solutions for industrial manufacturers for many years. The following are a handful of chemical and fuel reuse examples for materials that were once wasted and converted to beneficial reuse products. Here is the list of Altiras’ fuel and chemical reuse examples:
- O-Dichlorobenzene w/ Toluene Diisocyanate (“TDI”) – beneficial use of the product as raw material in another isocyanate process
- Used Sulfuric Acid – beneficial use of acid in the manufacture of ferrous sulfate
- Flush Polyether Polyol – beneficial reuse in the manufacture of foam padding
- Co-Product Methanol – beneficial use in making biodiesel
- Coproduct Isopropanol – beneficial reuse in the production of isopropylamine
- Off-Spec Polyphosphoric Acid – beneficial use as asphalt enhancer
- Acetic Acid Coproduct – beneficial reuse in making propyl acetates
- Acetic/Propionic Acid Mix– beneficial use in the manufacture of grinding aid
- Cyclohexanone Light Ends – beneficial reuse as a paint solvent
- Wet Ethanol – beneficial use in the manufacture of proprietary derivatives
- Diethylene Glycol/Triethylene Glycol Mix – beneficial reuse in making proprietary drilling fluids
- Propyl Alcohol Mix – beneficial use to make lacquer thinner
- Linear Alpha Olefins Coproduct – beneficial use in the production of oil-based drilling fluid
- Spent Caustic – beneficial use for neutralization of low pH waste stream
- Wet Toluene – beneficial use in extracting heavy organics from sludge
- Nitrile Coproduct – beneficial use as a reagent to make ketone
- n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone – recycled via distillation & dehydration and beneficial use in place of prime
- Used Ethylene Glycol – recycled via distillation and beneficial use in place of prime
- Waste Alcohol Mix – beneficial use in paint thinner blend
- Glycerin Coproduct – beneficial use for animal feed and wastewater denitrification
- Vinyl Acetate Coproduct – beneficial use to make carpet fiber
- Off-Spec n-methyl-2-pyrrolidone (“NMP”)– beneficial use in place of prime NMP
- Out-of-Date Aircraft Deicer – beneficial use to make antifreeze
- Wet Denatured Ethanol – beneficial use in place of prime SDA ethanol
- Paraffin Wax Coproduct – beneficial use for candle manufacturing
- Wiped Film Evaporator Bottoms – beneficial use as cutter stock
- Heavy Ketone Oligomers Mix – beneficial use for cutting heavy fuel oil