NEW YORK – A-Conversion, LLC, a privately-held New York firm, was given a Department of Defense contract to construct a transportable, modular, asbestos conversion system for field deployment at its installations using the ABCOV Method to destroy its asbestos.

“Non-thermal Treatment of Asbestos and Asbestos Containing Material The committee is concerned about the long-term effects of the disposal of asbestos and asbestos containing material (ACM). The committee recognizes the benefits of transforming asbestos and
ACM into a non-hazardous material and notes the problems associated with thermal treatment of hazardous waste

Removing asbestos from buildings is nasty business – workers wear head-to-toe, filtered HazMat getups to isolate and bag the deadly carcinogen, then dispose of it in special storage sites.

The financial burden borne by the taxpayer due to asbestos containing materials (ACM) that have been installed throughout the 20th century in American factories, power generating plants, schools, homes and military ships and bases, constitute one of the largest environmental and health challenges facing our country today and in the future.

A major breakthrough has occurred in asbestos disposal: a patented, non-thermal, chemical-physical, Federal Environmental Protection Agency approved process, capable of destroying all forms of asbestos on site, as it is being abated, known as the ABCOV® Method, is now commercially available.

National Asbestos Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 57, designating the first week of April 2009 as “National Asbestos Awareness Week”, and the resolution was then agreed to.

EPA Approved Non-Thermal Process Destroys All Six Forms of Asbestos On-site Destruction Eliminates Trucking End Product is Reduced, Recycled and Reused 50% ± Waste Volume Reduction ACM Containing Heavy Metal (RCRA) Can Be Treated to Pass TCLP Radioactive-ACM Volume Reduction: 50%

America’s building and development boom generated millions of tons of construction and demolition (C&D) debris – 170 million tons just in 2003, according to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates. The building materials industry has historically consumed large quantities of asbestos.

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Society and industry are diligently working to find better solutions through waste reduction, recycling and reuse, but what is the plan for hazardous materials, such as asbestos, in buildings and property?