Incinerator Helps a Tiny Remote Town Solve a Big Problem
At the North Slope, there are limited options for handling oily, greasy waste. The ground is permanently frozen year-round, the water table is high, and they are hundreds of miles from waste facilities in Fairbanks and Anchorage.
On-site incineration with Firelake incinerators delivers big results for Deadhorse, AK:
- Reduces the amount of waste going into their garbage stream by 95%
- Quickly and easily turns hazardous waste into a safe ash
- Significantly reduces the hazards posed by oily waste by incinerating it on-site (versus storage or hauling)
- Saves money
- It is easy to use with just 15 minutes of training
- Provides over a decade of dependable incineration with minor maintenance
Because of the Firelake incinerator’s automated features, workers often choose to run the incinerators after hours. After loading up their Firelake incinerators with hundreds of pounds of oily, greasy waste, workers can turn on the incinerators at the end of their shift. All the incineration processes run automatically like clockwork. The incinerators shut off automatically when the incineration cycle finishes. When workers return for their next shift, the incinerators have cooled enough to rake the ash out for disposal. In just a few hours, the incinerators turned 1,000 pounds of oily waste into about 50 pounds of inert ash they safely disposed of in the regular garbage stream.
Firelake customized both of the Deadhorse Municipality’s Firelake P50 incinerators to have 24-inch wide by 40-foot tall stainless steel vent stacks.
Contact us today to talk with an incineration specialist about your disposal needs.