Clean Earth sees increase in aerosol can recycling

Specialty waste company Clean Earth, Hatboro, Pennsylvania, has announced that its Clean Earth Aerosol Recycling System expects to process 13 million aerosol cans by the end of 2020, an 85 percent increase from 2015. The company says it already surpassed its record year in 2017.

Clean Earth says the milestone is a result of its history of compliance with universal waste regulations, health and safety initiatives and one-of-a-kind recycling system technology, specifically designed to service all industries that produce aerosol, loose spec paint and other waste.

Clean Earth operates 19 transfer, storage and disposal facilities (TSDFs) and technology that allows for efficient processing of aerosol cans at its Morgantown, West Virginia, facility. 

Nearly 3 billion aerosol cans are produced in the U.S. each year, according to the company. Morgantown’s processing systems are designed specifically to manage aerosol waste, and Clean Earth says its network is projected to expand with additional recycling processing units by 2022.

“It’s exciting to have bypassed one of our core company goals this year for the Aerosol Recycling System, which was the processing of 11.4 million aerosol cans, by millions to reach this milestone today,” Clean Earth Vice President of Operations Hector Sanchez says. “Our mission for Clean Earth’s aerosol services directly align with our goals for sustainability—to ultimately go green as a company and for zero components to end up in a landfill. We’re committed to providing a 100 percent sustainable solution for aerosol waste for our customers and remaining a cutting-edge vendor with market-leading technology features.”

Clean Earth provides remediation, disposal, recycling and beneficial reuse solutions for contaminated soil, dredged material and hazardous and nonhazardous materials, with the capability to provide a one-source, full-service recycling solution to handle multiple material streams from a single customer, according to the company.