My community is vitally interested in recruiting new industry to locate here. How could the presence of an AJT Processing plant in my County (City) help that effort?
Many modern industries generate hazardous waste as a by-product of their operation. It is becoming increasingly expensive and difficult to find a way to dispose of this material. In most cases, it is necessary to transport this material hundreds of miles to go into a hazardous waste landfill. This is expensive and opens the waste generating company to potential costly liability. The company is not only liable for any spill that might occur as the material is being transported, it is liable for the material it places in the landfill FOREVER. If you had an AJT Processing plant in your community, it could service your existing and future industrial companies and their hazardous waste in much the same way as a Municipal Garbage Service does a community. Hazardous material would be frequently collected at the plants and transported a short distance to the AJT facility. Companies would not have to collect large quantities of hazardous waste on their premises. Also, companies would no longer
