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TDG Class 1 Disposal

Collected over 20 years, this client had created a significant liability and logistical problem with hundreds of kilograms of explosive material, much of which had the same force as TNT or C4.

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TDG Class 1 Disposal

SWSI has been contracted by a national private company to manage and dispose of all expired pyrotechnical materials from their offshore service centers. Now into our fifth year, SWSI is responsible for inventory, transportation, and disposal of thousands of pieces of explosive material.

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TDG Class 1 Disposal: Out of Date Pyrotechnics

When your class 1 marine safety equipment is out of date, what do you do? One of our most popular management and disposal projects focuses around the disposal of marine hand flares, signal rockets, line launchers and locator smoke. To date we collected and disposed of thousands of pieces of this type of inventory.

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TDG Class 1 or Class 4?? : Picric Acid Disposal

Our clients have come to depend on us for dealing with some of the most difficult situations. For this site of abandoned chemical inventory we have packaged, transported and disposed of approximately 4L of material, some of it has clearly crystallized. As we expect. Our clients are very happy to see us go.

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Standby Rescue for Hazardous Materials Disposal Firm

SWSI personnel were required to provide standby rescue teams while the client inspected, inventoried and prepared for transport in excess of 150 individual chemical containers discovered in an abandoned storage area of a large educational institution. Response teams were responsible for four contractor representatives operating inside the evacuated facility. Materials present included toxic compressed gases, shock sensitive and explosive materials …

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HazMat Sampling and Remediation – Bio Research Facility

In this incident, a spill of formaldehyde, a toxic, volatile chemical, was suspected at a large research facility where a large number of biological samples preserved in formaldehyde were stored. There were reports of the odour of the product in and around the facility. SWSI Hazardous Materials Specialists were required to investigate the presence of formaldehyde in the storage area …