Lab packing and managing chemicals in your facility is one of our specialties. Our degreed field chemists receive extensive training in the specific hazards associated with chemicals, the packaging guidelines and regulations, and in customer service. They will safely and efficiently pack your hazardous and non-hazardous waste for disposal and transportation and leave your accumulation areas clean and neat. In addition, our chemists will provide service that is unparalleled in the industry - professional, friendly, and always reaching for the WOW !
What Materials Can We Handle?
Triumvirate Environmental can handle virtually any chemicals, hazardous or non-hazardous. When your facility has an unusual waste stream, we will work quickly to handle and dispose of the chemical so that it does not sit on your shelf any longer than necessary. (Below are just a few of the chemicals that we lab pack on a regular basis.)
Toxics Oxidizers
Flammables Organic Peroxides
Corrosives (caustics & acids) Pyrophorics
Gases / Aerosols Reactives
Shock-sensitive / explosives Unknowns
What is a “Lab Pack”?
Do you have small containers or bottles (20 gallons or less each) of solid and/or liquid chemicals you need to dispose of? When we combine these chemicals into one or multiple drums, still in their original containers, it is called a lab pack. The chemicals are packed into drums or containers based on DOT and EPA regulations, the disposal facilities’ requirements, and safe segregation practices.
You don’t have to have a lab to need a lab pack!
You may or may not have labs in your facility. However, hazardous waste is still generated through regular facility maintenance. Aerosols, corrosives, oils, flammables, and paints are common waste streams produced by physical plant operators and even office personnel.
Explosive / Shock-Sensitive Chemical Disposal
Our specially trained and certified high hazard chemists can, after examination of materials, test for or determine the presence of shock sensitive structures (such as peroxides or crystallization) and render these materials safe for transportation as non-explosives. In addition, we can arrange for work to be performed evenings or weekends to minimize risks.
Examples of materials that we have worked with include old ethers that may have formed peroxides, picric acids that may have formed picrates, and sodium amides that may have become unstable due to age.
Unknowns Testing
A failure on the part of employees to label all bottles/containers often results in unknown chemicals. An unknown is any chemical that you cannot identify. In order to be lab packed, the unknown must be run through a series of tests, on or off site, to determine how it should be handled, shipped, and treated.
Our field chemists can take samples of unknown chemicals to be sent to a lab for testing or can test small bottles of chemicals onsite. The onsite testing process identifies such characteristics as pH, organics, and the presence of mercury. Once unknowns have been tested, they can be lab packed and transported- usually the same day.