OUR APPROACH
Managing Waste Right Starts with the Right Process.
Managing specialized waste takes more than responding to immediate needs. It takes a structured process that supports compliance, strengthens operations, and creates room to improve over time. Every facility is different, but the principles hold: understand the operation, characterize the waste, recommend the right solution, execute consistently, measure performance, and keep improving.
Ask an ExpertA PROGRAM, NOT A SERIES OF TRANSACTIONS
WTS manages regulated waste as an ongoing program. Each step builds on the last: improving visibility, supporting better decisions, and creating consistency across the operation.
The process is built on established standards, including an independently certified Responsible Care® Management System.
01
Understand
We evaluate facility needs, waste streams, regulatory requirements, sustainability objectives, and business priorities.
Review current operations and programs; identify challenges and risks; confirm facility requirements; align on objectives.
02
Characterize
Good decisions start with accurate information. Each stream is evaluated on its characteristics, regulatory status, and management options.
Sampling and analytical testing; confirm classifications and RCRA determinations; identify management options; reduce compliance risk.
03
Recommend
Because WTS is provider-agnostic, recommendations are built around your operation rather than owned assets, weighing compliance, efficiency, sustainability, cost, and long-term performance.
Develop objective recommendations; evaluate alternatives; balance priorities; support long-term performance.
04
Execute
A recommendation only creates value when it is executed consistently.
Coordinate services and transportation; prepare profiles, manifests, and documentation; qualify and manage downstream providers; maintain consistent execution.
05
Measure
Visibility drives better decisions.
Measure program performance; improve operational visibility; track sustainability metrics; identify trends and opportunities.
06
Improve
The strongest programs keep evolving.
Review results; identify optimization opportunities; adapt to changing needs; drive continuous improvement.
THE APPROACH IN ACTION
LANXESS Solutions, Perth Amboy, NJ
At LANXESS Solutions' Perth Amboy, NJ plant (45 acres, 200+ products), WTS ran an in-plant opportunity assessment and rebuilt the waste program around source control and reuse, recognized with the ACC Responsible Care® Waste Minimization Award.
74,800 lbs
diethylene glycol reclaimed
673,116 lbs
by-products diverted to beneficial reuse & energy-from-waste
~15%
reduction in operating expense (2019)
Put the Process to Work.
Every step builds on the last. Tell us about your operation and we'll start with Understand.
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