VLS Environmental Solutions Expands Sustainability Efforts with Carbon Black Program

MAULDIN, S.C., Feb. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- VLS Environmental Solutions is setting a new standard in sustainable solutions with its innovative Carbon Black Program, operated at the company's advanced Mauldin, South Carolina, facility. This initiative delivers results for clients' sustainability goals by transforming challenging carbon black and ink/toner powder waste into fuel products, creating sustainable energy sources while reducing environmental impacts.

Through this program, VLS has worked with tire manufacturers and aircraft manufacturers to divert thousands of tons of material from landfills, reducing reliance on fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.

Doug Dugan, Regional Vice President, highlighted the importance of these efforts. "Our Carbon Black Program represents an important investment in how manufacturers manage this enormously challenging waste stream. By creating a sustainable alternative to disposal, we're empowering our clients to reduce their environmental footprint"

Transforming Difficult to Manage Waste into Usable Energy

Carbon black and other powder waste streams are difficult to manage because of the ease in which these powders can dust the environment and contaminate surrounding areas. VLS has solved the airborne powder issue and combined with its highly regarded engineered fuels program to ensure the safe and efficient handling of this waste stream. Carbon black and ink/toner powders are collected, processed within a 100% contained system, and converted into an engineered fuel product.

"Our facility is capable of processing as much as 30-50 tons of material daily," said Adam Henderson, General Manager of the Mauldin facility. "We continually address problems with difficult-to-handle waste streams, and we are proud of the process that our highly experienced team has engineered. We can take supersacks and drums in a fully contained, negative vacuum environment, and safely transform an airborne powder into a fuel product for offtake partners and prevent over 10,000 tons a year of powders from entering our landfills."

Measurable Environmental Impact

The Carbon Black Program is helping manufacturers nationwide achieve sustainability goals with a solution to prevent waste from going to landfill. By converting waste into energy, our waste to energy and engineered fuel programs have saved over 50,000 tons of coal usage each year, saving precious natural resources while reducing impact to landfills.

Chad Paul, Director of Sales, emphasized the importance of this program. "We work with manufacturers every day as partners, working together and finding ways to solve waste problems. Our clients leverage our expertise in efficiently managing waste materials to drive operational efficiencies, improve their ROI, and all the while doing great things for the environment."

Why Businesses Turn to VLS

Manufacturers are turning to the VLS Carbon Black Program for landfill avoidance, efficiency, safety, and long-term partnerships. Key program features include:

• Landfill Waste Diversion: Over 10,000 tons of carbon black materials processed annually as an engineered fuel that replaces coal and natural gas.
  
  
• Avoid the Dust: Processing 10,000 tons in a safe, enclosed, and vacuum-sealed system avoids unnecessary emissions.
  
  
• Available Capacity: Mauldin's facility handles up to 30-50 tons daily with no compromise on safety or efficiency.
  
  
• Comprehensive Handling: VLS can manage your transportation and receive material in supersacks and open-top drums.
  
  
• Exceptional Service: Efficiency and communication are hallmarks of VLS' service. with clients with to ensure effective and reliable support tailored to their specific needs.

A Commitment to a Greener Future

By continuing to invest and innovate processes the Carbon Black Program is yet another step in VLS's leadership in environmental stewardship, enabling manufacturers to avoid landfills and reduce harmful emissions.

"Our program is a game-changer for many businesses," Henderson noted. "For some of our partners, finding a way to sustainably manage carbon black waste is the missing piece in achieving 100% landfill-free operations. This initiative bridges that gap and does so while leading the way in cleaner energy production."

For more information about VLS and its groundbreaking Carbon Black Program, visit vlses.com or call (877) 861-8588.

About VLS Environmental Solutions

VLS Environmental Solutions is a leader in sustainability solutions, with three divisions providing industry-leading services. The company's Waste Services division provides customized waste processing solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and commercial waste, including landfill diversion and sustainability programs, solidification of liquid waste, recycling, wastewater treatment, and waste sequestration. The company's Railcar Cleaning and Repair Services division provides specialty cleaning services for difficult-to-clean products, including chemicals, hardened materials, and pressurized gases, and comprehensive repair services for certified light and heavy repairs, field services, and chemical transloading. The company's Marine Services division offers state-of-the-art barge cleaning, repair, and gas-free facilities for various chemical solvents and downstream petroleum products. VLS has over 1,400 employees in 50+ locations across North America. For more information about VLS, visit https://www.vlses.com/. 

SOURCE VLS Environmental Solutions