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12Dec2024

PRESS RELEASE: NEW YORK STATE SENATOR GEORGE BORRELLO TOURS ECO WASTE SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING FACILITY

December 12, 2024 Daniela Failla ESWDS, Media, Military 41

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BATAVIA, N.Y., Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — New York State Senator George Borrello toured Eco Waste Solutions new manufacturing facility in Batavia, NY on December 9, 2024. The facility produces Expeditionary Solid Waste Disposal Systems (ESWDS) for the United States Army. Senator Borrello also met with Eco Waste Solutions employees.

“Senator George Borrello is keenly aware of the positive impacts of small businesses in communities such as Batavia, and we appreciate the opportunity to showcase the incredible work being done here by our dedicated and skilled workforce,” said Jean Lucas, CEO, Eco Waste Solutions. “We are extremely proud of the fact that our company produces these high-quality sustainable technology systems right here in Batavia and Genesee County which are then delivered to US mission sites across the world.”

From left to right: Chris George, Eco Waste Solutions; New York State Senator George Borrello; Jean Lucas, Eco Waste Solutions CEO.
SOURCE: PR NEWSWIRE

During his visit, Senator Borrello received an up-close look at Eco Waste Solutions advanced manufacturing processes, which include the production of cutting-edge thermal waste conversion systems. The ESWDS eliminates the need to rely on burn pits which were a long-standing source of toxic exposure on overseas missions, resulting in cancers and other health issues among personnel.

“We are excited to have Eco Waste Solutions join the growing number of businesses, particularly in the advanced manufacturing and technology sectors, who are bringing their operations to the GLOW, Finger Lakes and western New York regions,” Senator Borrello said. “These businesses, particularly in smaller communities, have an extremely positive economic impact and provide good paying jobs to our residents.”

SOURCE: PR NEWSWIREFor media inquiries contact:
Daniela Failla
905-634-7022
info@ecosolutions.com

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28Oct2024

PRESS RELEASE: ECO WASTE SOLUTIONS OPENS MANUFACTURING FACILITY IN CITY OF BATAVIA

October 28, 2024 Daniela Failla ESWDS, Media, Military 44

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Facility to build solid waste disposal systems to protect health and safety of American troops by eliminating usage of burn pits.

BATAVIA, N.Y., Oct. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Eco Waste Solutions held a VIP event at the company’s newly renovated manufacturing facility on Cedar Street in Batavia. Among the attendees were members of the United States Military, various City of Batavia and Genesee County officials, and representatives from state and federal offices.

Chris Suozzi, EVP, Genesee County Economic Development Center, Chris Sharpsten, Major General, U.S. Army (Retired), EVP Defense Programs, J.A. Green & Co.; Jean Lucas, President and CEO, Eco Waste Solutions; Matthew G. Cooke, Deputy Product Manager, Force Sustainment Systems United States Army; Eugene Jankowski Jr., Batavia (NY) City Council President; Rochelle Stein, Chair, Genesee County (NY) SOURCE: PR NEWSWIRE

Eco Waste Solutions anticipates hiring up to 30 employees at this location, to manufacture and support its line of thermal treatment technologies. The facility is specifically designed for mass production of the Expeditionary Solid Waste Disposal Systems (ESWDS) for the United States Army. The ESWDS eliminates the need to rely on burn pits which were a long-standing source of toxic exposure on overseas missions, resulting in cancers and other health issues among personnel.

“The health and safety of our personnel is of paramount importance, and the ESWDS manufactured by Eco Waste Solutions, gives us a safe and critically important tool to address waste management in conflict zones,” said United States Army Lieutenant Colonel Reuben Joseph, Product Manager, Force Sustainment Systems Program Executive Office Combat Support & Combat Service Support.

The ESWDS product represents the culmination of over a decade of product development, including thousands of operational hours, and testing to rigorous military standards. The result is a product that is robust, capable, and easy to transport, set-up, and use.

“Today marks an important milestone for our company. The opening of this facility significantly enhances our production, support, and engineering capabilities; an investment that reflects our commitment to building high-quality, innovative, and sustainable products,” said Jean Lucas, President & Chief Executive Officer, Eco Waste Solutions. “We are proud to be doing this work, and excited to be part of this vibrant community.”

SOURCE: PR NEWSWIREFor media inquiries contact:
Daniela Failla
905-634-7022
info@ecosolutions.com

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06Mar2024

MEDIA RELEASE: SWANA HONOURS JEAN LUCAS WITH WASTE CONVERSION & ENERGY RECOVERY TRAILBLAZER DISTINGUISHED INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

March 6, 2024 Sarah W Awards, Media 106

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

March 6th, 2024 — Eco Waste Solutions is excited to announce that Jean Lucas, President & CEO, has been awarded The Solid Waste Association of North America’s (SWANA) first-ever Waste Conversion & Energy Recovery (WCER), Trailblazer Distinguished Individual Achievement Award!

This award recognizes Lucas for her outstanding service to the WCER Technical Division, her unwavering commitment to the SWANA mission, and her remarkable contributions to the waste conversion and energy recovery industry.

“This recognition is a testament to our members’ commitment to excellence and innovation in the waste management industry. Your dedication exemplifies SWANA’s goal of driving progress in our industry. Your achievements inspire us, and we are proud to honor your contributions. Congratulation on this well-deserved honor,” said SWANA President Art Mercer.

“We have always aligned with SWANA’s mission to promote education, advocacy and research within the solid waste management industry,” says Lucas. “To be the first person to receive this award is a great honour.”

Jean Lucas will be officially recognized during SWANA’s annual SOAR conference on April 16th, 2024, where her achievements and trailblazing contributions will be celebrated.  For more information on this award announcement you can view the full SWANA Press Release here.

 

For media inquiries please contact:

Daniela Failla

905-634-7022

info@ecosolutions.com

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27Feb2024

ECO WASTE SOLUTIONS’ ESWDS FEATURED IN NATIONAL DEFENSE MAGAZINE

February 27, 2024 Sarah W ESWDS, Media, Military 96

Container System Replaces Hazardous Burn Pits

By Scott R. Gourley – Jan 17, 2024

FORT DEVENS, Massachusetts — Against a background that has led the Department of Veterans Affairs to identify “23 presumptive conditions for burn pit exposure,” the Army is entering production on a safer alternative to open air burning or backhauling of solid waste.

The Expeditionary Solid Waste Disposal System will provide a new incineration module to support the Army’s 150-person Force Provider Expeditionary Base Camp.

The module will reduce the use of burn pits by providing a cleaner solution for onsite disposal of 1,000 pounds of solid waste per 24-hour period for an approximate 92 percent volume reduction, Lt. Col. Daniel O’Neill, product manager for force sustainment systems in the Program Executive Office for Combat Support and Combat Service Support, said at the Army’s Future Capabilities Integration Laboratory at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

“The system also reduces soldier, civilian and local population exposure to pollutants from open air burn pits and reduces the amount of trash that must be backhauled, reducing soldiers’ exposure and attacks during convoy operations,” he explained. “Reducing waste held onsite also deters potential vermin that could spread disease and disrupt operations.”

The system comprises three Tricon shipping containers, each weighing approximately 9,500 pounds, that are attached to create a single 8 by 8 by 20-foot module. The system is designed to be set up and operated by soldiers using the Army’s all-terrain 10K forklift.

O’Neill said the system is simple to operate, requires minimal training and requires no contractor support.

In operation, soldiers will load the primary incineration chamber through a large front door, which is then sealed and electronically locked. The operator uses push-button controls to start the system, which does not require attendance or further operator input. A full batch burn cycle consists of a five-hour burn time followed by a five-hour cool-down, with stack pollution controlled by automatically maintaining a secondary burn chamber at an average of 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit.

The system allows two burn cycles per day to incinerate up to 1,000 pounds of solid waste.

The system completed development and testing requirements in July 2020, with a July 2021 production contract awarded to Enercon Waste Systems, doing business as Eco Waste Solutions USA, he said.

Funding has recently been received for production of 10 units, and the contract “is open for ordering through July 2026 should additional funding become available,” he added.

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01Oct2014

Advantage Magazine – Green Tech Advances

October 1, 2014 Sarah W Media, Military 64

Advantage Magazine features Eco Waste Solutions

Eco Waste Solutions’ Jean Lucas is featured in the Q4 issue of Advantage Magazine.

Environmental technology company Eco Waste Solutions has gone, quite literally, to the ends of the earth for its clients—specifically Canadian Forces Station Alert (CFS Alert), an intelligence-intercept facility of the Canadian military. The base is located at the northeastern tip of Ellesmere Island, and it’s considered the northernmost inhabited place on the planet.

So, what made Eco Waste Solutions the right company for this remote military base?

In short, it’s a technology called the Eco Waste Oxidizer, which performs thermal waste conversion. “In other words,” says Jean Lucas, vice president of business development, “we burn garbage.”

The Oxidizer, a large steel machine that has the ruggedness of a tank paired with a high-tech control system and an easy-to-use touch-screen display, helps communities (including military bases and mine camps) that don’t have access to traditional waste-disposal infrastructure get rid of their trash. The remote communities are often in environmentally sensitive locations, where they often don’t want or aren’t allowed to create a landfill.

For complete article click here.

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27Jan2014

Nunatsiaq Online: City of Iqaluit gets its first incineration lesson

January 27, 2014 Sarah W Media 67

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Iqaluit City Council reinforced its opinion that the city must include a garbage incinerator within its new waste management plan at a special meeting Jan. 21, when council members got their first lesson on incinerators from a waste-management systems company.

Unconvinced that city administration had any information about incineration, city Coun. Kenny Bell invited Eco Waste Solutions, an Ontario-based producer of incinerators for remote communities, to explain the system to council.

The company’s president and vice-president described their systems, geared for remote communities, by teleconference from the company’s offices in Burlington.

“I was just trying to inform council,” Bell told Nunatsiaq News, Jan. 23. City administration is “just not giving us information – that’s what I’ve been saying the whole time now.

“They just give us stuff, and say here, approve it. And that’s kind of hard,” particularly when the city is asked to commit to projects covering a decade or more, worth several millions of dollars, he said.

Even though the city completed its new solid waste management plan in November after two years of planning and public consultations, council refused to pass the $9 million plan when it came time to approve, Dec. 10 – because it lacked an incinerator.

Council ordered the city’s department of engineering to include one within the plan as soon as possible. The addition would increase the set-up cost of the city’s new solid waste plan by about $5 million, according to the city’s department of engineering.

Without an incinerator, plans for a new waste site to replace the expired West 40 site amount to “just another garbage dump,” Coun. Terry Dobbin said at the Jan. 21 meeting.

“The key is diversion, we’ve got to keep out of a landfill site,” Dobbin said.
In a question period after the incinerator company’s presentation, Dobbin commented that Canada incinerates little more than eight per cent of its waste, while some countries in Europe incinerate well over 40 per cent.

He asked Eco Waste Solutions’ presenter, company vice president Jean Lucas, why so little incineration takes place in the country.

“In my observation, the reason is we’ve had the luxury of just so much land,” she answered. “And as long as we move that landfill far enough away – maybe not in your case, but in most communities, it just ends up being ‘out of site, out of mind.’”

With Iqaluit’s waste plans calling for a new landfill to be located 8.5 kilometres northwest from the city centre, out of town limits, Lucas’ description sounded familiar.

“Because we’ve had this luxury of so much space, and so much free land, I think Canadians have taken advantage of it and we haven’t had to pay the price,” Lucas added.

“In Europe, there is a high density of population in cities, very limited land, and they’re much more opposed to land contamination through waste.”

Canada doesn’t have the same economic pressures pushing it to incinerate waste, she said, and until that happens, “I think a lot of this will continue.”

However, dumping into landfills is not an option at remote camps for mines and military installations, as well as communities that want to keep their surrounding landscape garbage-free.

This is the clientele that Eco Waste Systems serves with its incinerator systems – remote communities with populations as high as 5,000, Lucas said.

Lucas, with company president Steve Meldrum, said their systems are pre-fabricated, shipped and installed on-site. The company has produced incinerators for customers in 14 countries around the world since 1994.

Clients in Canada include the Canadian Armed Forces, who use the systems at two Canadian Forces Stations on Ellesmere Island in Nunavut, and incinerators for mining operations such as Baffinland’s Mary River iron ore mine, and Agnico Eagle’s Meadowbank gold mine.

Northern communities using incinerators include the Skagway, Alaska, and the Cree community of Wemindji in Quebec, Lucas said.

Incineration must follow territorial and provincial environmental regulations. The main concern is emissions of dioxins and furans, Lucas said. These pollutants are released in smoke, and must be kept within norms set by regulations.

“Back in the old days, incinerators produced a lot of smoke and had incomplete combustion,” Lucas said. This generated the air pollutants at levels that were hazardous.

Current standards call for near-complete burning of waste at 1,000 C, she said, which can eliminate the toxins. Standards don’t allow incinerators to take on all types of waste either, she added.

“You really should have a waste-diversion plan in place,” Lucas said. This is to keep hazardous material out of the incinerator, for starters. Also, bulky items and waste that does not burn would be kept out.

Incinerators leave a “relatively small amount” of ash in the end, which has little value. “It’s a safe, inert substance that is easy to dispose of,” and not harmful to wildlife, Lucas said.

Asked about costs associated with training to operate their incinerators, Lucas said the equipment is “fairly straightforward,” with simple mechanical operation “that operates much like a furnace.”

“Most of the people operating our systems are not highly educated. Some have never been to high school,” she said. “Training is brought down to a level that makes it easy to understand.”

When it comes to maintenance, “we recommend local tradespeople do the work,” she added.

Simple-to-operate equipment is important for remote communities, Lucas said, because many of their operators have high staff turnover.

She pointed to Canadian Forces Bases as an extreme example, where “you may have a different operator from one day to the next, and there’s very little overlap.”

Mayor John Graham said he was thankful for the presentation as a “starting point” to fit an incinerator into the city’s solid-waste management plan.

He said the city has placed a priority on completing the plan as soon as possible, to conform to standards set by Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada.

For the complete article click here.

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Eco Waste Solutions has been delivering thermal waste conversion solutions to companies, communities, governments and military organizations around the world for more than 30 years. From waste management consulting to technology selection, project management and implementation, we help thermal waste conversion projects thrive.

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