Clean Earth opens hazardous waste transfer facility in Caguas, Puerto Rico

Clean Earth, a division of Camp Hill, Pennsylvania-based Harsco Corp., has opened a 10-day hazardous waste transfer facility in Caguas, Puerto Rico. The 5,900-square-foot facility increases Clean Earth’s capacity to transport hazardous and nonhazardous waste from Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to Clean Earth’s U.S.- based treatment, storage and disposal facilities for processing and recycling.  

According to a news release from Clean Earth, the facility supports the integration of Clean Earth’s domestic infrastructure with service capability in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands for enterprise customers expanding their operations in U.S. territories.  

The Caguas site accepts hazardous and nonhazardous wastes from various industries, including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, consumer commodities, medical and pharmaceutical markets. Customers may also transport their own material to the facility.  

Clean Earth says it leased the warehouse property and secured the permits in anticipation of growing demand in the region. The 10-day facility services 312 waste generators in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, increasing Clean Earth’s capacity to pursue business opportunities with retail companies operating in the area.  

“The opening of a new 10-day hazardous waste transfer facility in Puerto Rico exemplifies Clean Earth’s commitment to maintaining a national transportation network that offers customers the assurance that their waste is being handled responsibly,” says Nick Grasberger, chairperson and CEO of Harsco Corp. “With the expansion of this national transportation network into U.S. territories, Clean Earth is growing with its enterprise customers.”