Hazardous or toxic waste destruction or containment inventions 06/09

20090163760 - Method of reducing cadmium and lead in hazardous waste from a foundry or steel mill using micronized particulate reactive magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide having high surface area: Methods of using micronized particulate, reactive magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide to treat hazardous waste having high zinc content and hazardous levels of cadmium and lead. The reactive magnesium oxide or magnesium hydroxide has a median particle size in the range of 2-3 μm. The hazardous waste material is generated... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090156878 - Cement-based composition for the embedding of a boron-containing aqueous solution, embedding process and cement grout composition: P

20090149689 - System for and method of filling a container with hazardous waste: A system for filling a container with hazardous waste includes a primary confinement chamber that houses a lid handling mechanism and a filling head. The lid handling mechanism may be used to remove and/or recouple the lid to the container as part of the process of filling the container in... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20090149690 - Method and apparatus for containing a spill: The disclosure shows an apparatus and a method for containing a spill of petroleum product. The inventive apparatus and method each include the assembly pliable building blocks of a generally rectangular shape that surrounds an internal void. The blocks form a wall by stacking successive horizontal rows of building blocks... Agent: David E Herron Ii

20090149691 - Ecofriendly oil-binding agent for use on liquids and soils: The invention relates to an environmentally friendly oil binding agent based on comminuted plastic or inorganic material, which is obtained for use as an adsorption material from the comminuted plastic or inorganic material and at least one vegetable oil, vegetable oil constituent or vegetable oil derivative. The plastic can be... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.