Sustainable Solutions / Beneficial Reuse

Challenge:

• The project is located within an active refinery
• Meeting and exceeding operating refinery site specific training and expectations
• Area was a former Solid Waste Management Unit closed under Standard 3 of the TCEQ Risk Reduction Rule

Results:

• Stabilized impacted soil and sediment previously located within a stormwater basin
• Utilization of LWR’s pugmill system created a beneficial reuse product
• Closed the stormwater basin meeting TCEQ Risk Reduction Standard 2 cleanup levels
• Project was so successful that it was expanded to incorporate additional refinery impacted materials
• Saved client time, money and reduced their environmental risk in the process

Benefits:                  

• LWR was able to save the client $14.9 million dollars by eliminating the need for off-site disposal by producing construction materials
• LWR created 347,000-tons of recycled product utilized in this project as structural base material
• LWR through beneficial reuse saved a significant dollar amount money and these other eco-friendly benefits:
  1. Eliminated 4 million road miles of truck traffic (38,000 truckloads)
  2. Prevented 9,300-tons of CO₂ emissions
  3. Risk elimination by removing the on-site SWMU and associated long-term monitoring, fees and liabilities
  4. Conserved 340,000-cubic yards of off-site landfill space
  5. Conserved 340,000-cubic yards of imported select fill material
• LWR was able to complete the project with no safety or security incidents