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Commercial Fuel
Blenders’ Waste Volumes Decrease in 2001
Research
reveals 87 commercial facilities in U.S. and Canada
Contacts: John McMurray
Cary Perket
952/831-2473
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Edina, MN — The EI Digest: Hazardous
Waste Marketplace, North America’s leading research
service on hazardous waste management, announced the results of
its annual survey of the commercial fuel blending sector. The
report reveals 87 facilities offered fuel blending services in
Canada and the United States in 2001. Furthermore, 49 of
these facilities reported treating approximately 183 million
gallons of waste via fuel blending that year. To gain an
idea of volumetric trends, the Digest compared data from
47 facilities that reported in both 2000 and 2001. These
facilities reported treating 181.2 million gallons of waste
through fuel blending in 2001, which was a decrease from the
198.7 million gallons treated in 2000.
“Hazardous waste generation
decreased in general in 2001 due to the downturn in the
economy,” comments EI Researcher John McMurray. “When
economic conditions improve, the manufacturing industry will
again be producing greater volumes of hazardous waste that can be
used for fuel. However, many in the fuel blending sector
believe there is still too much capacity. They emphasize
that reduced capacity, either through market exits or further
consolidation, is necessary to improve profitability.”
EI Senior Analyst Cary Perket adds
“whether there are too many TSD facilities providing fuel
blending services is debatable. However, the price competition
between them is having negative impacts on the energy recovery
sector, as well as other sectors to which they broker hazardous
waste. The likelihood of the price competition producing any
beneficial effect is highly questionable because of the
institutional barriers to market exit. This sector badly needs a
market leader and some diligent followers. ”
This report appeared in the EI Digest: Hazardous Waste Marketplace, a business research report published 10 times per year that covers hazardous waste management issues. Further information of the EI Digest can be found on the web (www.envirobiz.com), one of the Internet’s leading sites for environmental business research. Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Environmental Information, Ltd. (EI) specializes in research on the environmental services and technology marketplace. For further information, contact customer service at 952/831-2473.