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Our properties are sufficient and suitable for our current needs.
−Removed: We have nearly 800 operating locations housed at approximately 580 properties covering all 50 states, nine Canadian provinces, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
+Added: We have over 870 operating locations housed at approximately 630 properties covering all 50 states, nine Canadian provinces, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
These operating locations include service centers, branches, satellite locations, active hazardous waste management properties and oil processing, blending and packaging facilities.
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Incinerator Facilities.
−Removed: We own and operate five incinerator facilities that have a total of nine incinerators with 561,721 tons of total practical capacity and an overall average utilization rate for 2023 of 83.7%.
−Removed: Our practical capacity is not based on a theoretical 24-hour, seven-day operation, but rather is determined as the production level at which our incinerators can operate with an acceptable degree of efficiency, taking into consideration factors such as longer term customer demand, permanent staffing levels, operating shifts, holidays, scheduled maintenance and mix of product.
+Added: We own and operate five incinerator facility locations that have a total of ten incinerators, including our new incinerator at Kimball, Nebraska which opened in late 2024.
+Added: The nine incinerators that were operational during the full year had an overall average utilization of 87.6% on an annual practical capacity of 561,721 tons.
+Added: Our practical capacity is not based on a theoretical 24-hour, seven-day operation, but rather is determined as the production level at which our incinerators can operate with an acceptable degree of efficiency, taking into consideration factors such as longer term customer demand, permanent staffing levels, operating shifts, holidays, scheduled maintenance and mix of the waste processed.
Capacity utilization is calculated by dividing actual production tons by practical capacity at each incinerator.
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December 31, 2024
−Removed: Arkansas 3 145,072 93.8%
−Removed: Nebraska 1 58,808 86.1%
+Added: 3 160,072 95.9%
+Added: 2 58,808 86.2%
Utah 1 66,815 97.3%
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1 110,526 85.6%
+Added: 10 561,721 87.6%
+Added: _____________________
+Added: (1) In 2024, following a review of the waste streams processed at our Arkansas and Ontario facilities, we have increased the capacity in Arkansas by 15,000 tons and reduced the capacity in Ontario by the same amount.
+Added: These updated amounts are reflected in the table above.
+Added: (2) Excludes any tonnage disposed of at our second incinerator which opened in late 2024.
+Added: For 2025, this incinerator’s practical capacity will increase by 70,000 tons.
Our incinerators offer a wide range of technological capabilities to customers through this network.
−Removed: In the United States, we provide incineration through one fluidized bed thermal oxidation unit and three solids and liquids-capable incinerator facilities and we operate one active hazardous waste liquid injection incinerator in Canada.
−Removed: We are currently constructing a second incinerator at our Kimball Nebraska facility that will increase our permitted capacity by approximately 70,000 tons.
−Removed: This incinerator will be the sister site to our El Dorado, Arkansas facility housing a solids and liquids-capable incinerator and is set to open in late 2024.
+Added: In the United States, we provide incineration through one fluidized bed thermal oxidation unit and four solids and liquids-capable incinerator facilities, including the new incinerator in Kimball, Nebraska and we operate one active hazardous waste liquid injection incinerator in Canada.
Commercial and Non-Commercial Landfills.
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In addition to our commercial landfills, we also own and operate one non-commercial landfill that only accepts waste from our on-site incinerator.
−Removed: Additionally, we are in the process of closing two commercial landfills, Altair and Westmorland, which began closure procedures in 2020, and one on-site non-commercial landfill that reached capacity in early 2023.
−Removed: The three landfills that are already in closure, are excluded from the landfill counts above.
See “Landfill Accounting” within Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies,” to our consolidated financial statements included in Item 8 of this report for additional information on our commercial and non-commercial landfills.
Wastewater Treatment Facilities.
−Removed: We operate a total of ten facilities, of which eight are owned and two are leased, that offer a range of wastewater treatment technologies and services.
+Added: We operate a total of eleven facilities, of which nine are owned and two are leased, that offer a range of wastewater treatment technologies and services.
Wastewater treatment consists primarily of three types of services:
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We operate 33 TSDFs in the United States and Canada, of which 30 are owned and three are leased.
−Removed: Our TSDFs facilitate the movement of materials among our network of service centers and treatment and disposal facilities.
+Added: Our TSDFs facilitate the treatment and movement of materials among our network of service centers and treatment and disposal facilities.
Transportation may be accomplished by truck, rail, barge or a combination of modes, with our own assets or in conjunction with third-party transporters.
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Other Hazardous Waste Management Properties.
−Removed: We also own eight facilities specializing in solvent recovery, and two autoclave facilities specifically designed to treat medical waste.
+Added: We also operate eight facilities specializing in solvent recovery, seven owned and one leased, and we own and operate two autoclave facilities specifically designed to treat medical waste.
Oil Processing, Blending and Packaging Facilities
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Oil Recycling and Re-refining Facilities.
−Removed: We own eight oil re-refineries, seven in the United States and one in Canada.
−Removed: With nearly 234.9 million gallons of used oil collected this year, we were able to return 221 million gallons of new re-refined oil, lubricants and byproducts back into the marketplace in 2023.
+Added: We own nine oil re-refineries, eight in the United States and one in Canada.
+Added: Currently our re-refinery in Newark, California is idled;
+Added: however the location continues to operate as a co-located wastewater treatment, TSDF and oil terminal.
+Added: The remaining re-refineries have sufficient capacity to continue processing our used oil collections into new re-refined oil, lubricants and byproducts.
Oil Packaging and Blending Facilities.
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