UNKNOWN IDENTIFICATION

Unlabeled or unidentified chemicals are usually the most expensive chemical in your inventory to send for disposal.  Most disposal outlets will not even consider taking any items that they can not identify.  The reason for this is that the burden of proof on disposal of hazardous chemicals is all on the Generator.  If you have ever read the disclaimer on a Hazardous Waste Manifest it is easy to understand the risk of not knowing your chemicals or casually a signing identification. 

        Generator's Certification:  I hereby declare that the contents of this consignment are FULLY and ACCURATELY DESCRIBED above by proper SHIPPING NAME and are CLASSIFIED, packed, MARKED, and LABELED, and are in all respects in proper condition for transport by highway according to applicable INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS.

Do you want to sign under a statement like this.  If not please call Essential Environmental Services.

Have you ever sent an unknown sample to a certified laboratory and get a long list of chemicals that come up negative and an even larger bill?  Laboratories, in most cases, can not identify unknown chemicals because they are looking for the QUANTITY of EPA REGULATED chemicals.  If you have a container of Isopropyl Alcohol, not a EPA listed chemical but regulated as a flammable, a fully certified lab will charge your company thousands to tell you that it does not contain any EPA listed chemicals.  One option is to run Flash point (~$50.00), Solubility (~$15.00), Specific Gravity (~$30.00), pH (~$5.00) and BTU (~$75.00).  For $175.00 you just found out that the chemical has these characteristic respectively >200°F, soluble, 1, 7 and <1000.  NOW WHAT?  IS IT WATER?  SHOULD I RUN METALS?  All this time and money can be saved by calling Essential Environmental Services.  Using a reliable identification and/or categorization method, EES can properly and accurately identify your unlabeled chemicals saving thousands of dollar in laboratory analysis.