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About Clean Harbors

Clean Harbors, Inc., headquartered in Norwell, Massachusetts, is North America's leading provider of environmental and industrial services. Established in 1980 by Alan S. McKim, the company began as a four-person tank cleaning business and has since expanded into a comprehensive service provider with over 400 locations across the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.

The company operates through two primary segments: Environmental Services and Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions.

Environmental Services

Environmental Services encompasses:

  • Technical Services: Offering a broad range of hazardous and non-hazardous material management services, including collection, packaging, transportation, recycling, treatment, and disposal. Clean Harbors operates more than 100 waste disposal facilities, such as incinerators, landfills, and treatment centers.
  • Industrial and Field Services: Providing industrial and specialty services like high-pressure and chemical cleaning, catalyst handling, decoking, hydro excavation, material processing, and oilfield production support. Field services include environmental cleanup such as tank cleaning, decontamination, remediation, and spill response.
  • Oil, Gas & Lodging Services: Serving the oil and gas exploration, production, and power generation industries with services like seismic support, surface rentals, and lodging operations in Western Canada.

Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions

Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions focuses on:

  • Used Oil Collection and Recycling: As North America's largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil, Safety-Kleen provides a closed-loop environmental solution, enabling customers to manage waste oil and related fluids through eco-friendly processes.
  • Parts Cleaning and Environmental Services: Offering parts washing, containerized waste collection, vacuum services, and other environmental services for small quantity generators.

Clean Harbors serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies, across industries such as chemical, manufacturing, and government agencies. The company's comprehensive services are designed to meet the complex environmental and industrial needs of its clients, ensuring safety, compliance, and sustainability.

Locations

With over 400 locations, Clean Harbors operates extensively across:

  • United States
  • Canada
  • Mexico
  • Puerto Rico
  • Bulgaria
  • China
  • Singapore
  • Sweden
  • Thailand
  • United Kingdom
  • Additional U.S. locations include Hendersonville, TN; Pasadena, CA; Jacksonville, FL; Reno, NV; Pasadena, TX; Chattanooga, TN; Oklahoma City, OK; Groveport, OH; Tulsa, OK; Terryville, CT; Springfield, MO; Charlotte, NC; Bellevue, WA; Pearland, TX; Joliet, IL; Tucson, AZ; West Jordan, UT; Compton, CA; Lakewood, CO; and Thornton, CO.

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