Modern technology, logistics and entrepreneurship have delivered amazing benefits. They've generated wealth, created jobs and improved the quality of life for millions. Yet, often unseen by the average consumer is all of the hazardous and non-hazardous waste the consumer culture generates.
It’s often misunderstood what happens to hazardous waste transport regulations at the U.S.-Mexico border.
In today’s market, companies are looking for any advantages that can give them a leg up on the competition and help pave the way for a more sustainable future.
When hazardous waste is transported to a Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF), it must travel on public roadways.
If your business is a hazardous waste generator, one of the most important items you need to line up is who will transport your waste during disposal.
When companies hear the words transport your hazardous waste to Mexico, the first thought for many is negative. Doing anything in Mexico these days can seem like a bad idea, but transporting hazardous waste across the border can appear to the uninformed to be a downright risky proposition.
Many waste generators that believe exporting their hazardous or non-hazardous waste is possible, still think the process is difficult and time consuming. Generators that believe you simply can't export hazardous waste out of the country, just don't know have all the facts.
For hazardous waste shipments to Mexico, there is a thorough inspection process that occurs to ensure that laws are being followed for hazardous waste shipments manifested for export.
The very notion of transporting hazardous waste to Mexico conjures up images of hazardous waste drums buried in the Sonoran desert, polluted waterways teeming with toxic sludge, or payoffs to shady inspectors who look the other way.
One of the best kept secrets in the hazardous disposal industry is the opportunity that generators have to legally transport their hazardous waste streams to Mexico.
There is a common misperception that when it comes to industrial standards and environmental regulations Mexico represents the Wild West (or south in geographic terms). Hazardous waste generators in the United States have always shown concern about Transporting Hazardous Waste To Mexico.
The notion that you could legally transport any form of waste let alone hazardous waste into Mexico, for most generators or transportation companies, was a myth for many years.
