In 2022, King of Prussia-based Clean Earth, a specialty waste company, increased the recycling of hazardous and nonhazardous waste by 53 percent, according to the company’s recently released 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance report.
“Clean Earth is proud of the fact that we recycled the equivalent of almost two million cars last year, ensuring that we are reusing and repurposing hazardous, non-hazardous, and contaminated waste rather than landfilling it,” Clean Earth President Jeff Beswick said. “We are transforming the world’s largest waste streams into valuable recycling opportunities, helping support a circular economy and benefiting our planet and future generations. While we are proud of our progress, we understand this is a journey and will continue to expand and enhance our capabilities while making the world cleaner and greener.”
A total of 90 percent of the company’s waste was either recycled or reused. The company recycled 8.7 billion pounds of waste including contaminated soil, dredge material, e-waste, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, and universal waste.
The amount of nonhazardous waste doubled while hazardous waste increased 41 percent, reaching 691 million pounds.
In additional, 6.5 billion pounds of contaminated soil was recycled or reused.
Clean Earth operates a network of 91 locations across the United States.