Decontamination

Clean Harbors offers decontamination services for a wide range of circumstances by removing, neutralizing, or destroying any harmful substance.  Utilizing various methods, we decontaminate small machinery, fume hoods, cleanrooms, buildings, entire facilities and any other contaminated areas.

Heavy Metal and Chemical Decontamination

Areas contaminated with heavy metals or chemicals over long periods of time can be decontaminated to their original state by utilizing various methods including pressure washing and chemical cleaning.

PCB and Oil Decontamination

Decontamination of leaking PCB transformers, contaminated transformer pads, PCB and high voltage transformer vaults and manholes are routinely performed using a triple wash, triple rinse process that may include the use of solvents and pressure washing.

Individual Chemical Tanks and Large Plating Tank Lines

Cleaning plating lines, chemical tanks and vapor degreasers often requires total removal or decontamination in place. Clean Harbors accomplishes both utilizing various methods and techniques including

• Confined space entries into tanks
• Manual scraping of solid chemicals
• Pressure washing
• Cold and hot cutting of steel for removal of tank lines

RCRA Closure of Hazardous Waste Storage Areas

Closing out RCRA hazardous waste storage areas and storage tanks typically requires triple wash and triple rinse procedures including concrete scarifying to meet state and federal standards. Clean Harbors performs the full service, including final sampling for closure reporting.

Entire Facility/Building Decontamination

Clean Harbors has performed thousands of decontaminations and facility closures from small single buildings to multi-building expansive facilities that require decontamination for mercury, lead, PCB, animal fecal matter (pigeon, bat, chicken) and other contaminations.  Clean Harbors has the experience, resources and manpower to handle any decontamination situation.

Proven Techniques

• Manual scraping and utilization of high efficiency particulate air filter vacuums
• Decontamination via the use of bleach or other specialty chemical solutions
• Pressure washing
• Use of HEPA negative air machines
• Manual and chemical cleaning

Biohazard Cleaning and Disinfection

Clean Harbors offers biohazard cleaning and disinfection for the agriculture and livestock industries, including low pathogen avian influenza building cleaning and disinfection.  We are experienced in dry and wet cleaning and disinfection techniques, the removal of animals and carcasses, and the elimination of organic and non-organic matter,including rodent control.