Chemical & Solvent Recycling

Clean Harbors Recycling Services offer a full range of solvent recycling options from traditional recycling to tolling, or a combination of the two.  Recovered products, which are not returned to customers, are available for sale.

Our flexible operations, combined with chemical knowledge and engineering expertise, bring advanced solutions to the challenges of separation and purification.  During the recovery process, components of the solvent/chemical streams are isolated and purified to high-quality product specifications.

Clean Harbors Recycling Services employees are experts in recycling and tolling.  All processing meets strict local, state, federal regulations, and customer requirements.  Our customers have peace of mind knowing they’ve made the best economic and environmental decision in recycling their waste.

Recycling

We provide recycling services, where the product is recycled to our high quality specifications and sold on the secondary market.

Tolling

Our tolling programs provide a closed loop cycle in which the customer’s spent solvents are recycled to their precise specifications and returned directly to them.

Customized Solutions

Customized solutions that utilize traditional recycling with tolling to meet customers’ unique requirements are also available.

Typical Solvents Recycled

  • Aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents
  • Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents
  • Alcohols
  • Chlorinated solvents
  • Ester solvents
  • Ketones
  • n-Methyl-2-Pyrrolidine (NMP)
  • Tetrahydrofuran (THF)

Recycled Materials for Sale

High quality recycled materials are sold through Service Chemical, LLC a full service distributor of specialty and commodity chemicals.  learn more »

Waste Minimization

Companies committed to waste minimization, good product stewardship, and the “Responsible Care Program” can benefit by having their waste recycled.