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 examples of the beneficial reuse of materials that were once wastes and were converted to beneficial reuse products.
- o-dichlorobenzene w/toluene diisocyanate (“TDI”) – beneficial use of product as raw material in another isocyanate process
- Used Sulfuric acid – beneficial use of acid in manufacture of ferrous sulfate
- Flush Polyether Polyol – beneficial reuse in manufacture of foam padding
- Co-product Methanol – beneficial use in making biodiesel
- Coproduct Isopropanol – beneficial reuse in 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 use in manufacture of grinding aid
- Cyclohexanone Light Ends – beneficial reuse as paint solvent
- Wet Ethanol – beneficial use in manufacture of proprietary derivatives
- Diethylene Glycol/Triethylene Glycol Mix – beneficial reuse in make proprietary drilling fluids
- Propyl Alcohol Mix – beneficial use to make lacquer thinner
- Linear Alpha Olefins Coproduct – beneficial use in 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 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- Out-of-date Aircraft Deicer – beneficial use to make antifreeze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