Recycling & Product Recovery
We are experts at finding ways to recover value from waste streams and developing new, resaleable products. Newalta's innovative thinking has helped develop new markets for recycled and refined products.
This can be seen in our ability to market the crude oil we recover from highly emulsified drilling wastes using centrifugation. We are also the only company in Western Canada to re-refine used motor oils into a wide range of new products that meet or exceed industry standards.
Our products undergo an extensive development cycle and rigorous testing and analysis. Our commitment to quality is seen through the entire organization, from our research and technical professionals to engineering and operating staff.
While we expect this list to continue growing, our recovered product inventory currently includes:
Crude Oil
- Recovered from drilling and production wastes
- Marketed through major commodity brokers
- Distributed to refining operations in Canada and the U.S. via pipeline
Fuels and Drilling Fluids
- Developed from recovered products
- Refined to precise performance specifications
- Delivered via rail and truck to industrial users and major oil companies for use in a variety of applications, including:
- Explosive carriers
- Industrial fuel oils
- Heating fuels
- Oil and gas drilling fluids
- Refinery-grade feedstocks
Lead
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Recycling of lead acid batteries and other lead-bearing materials into new 99.97% purity lead, virtually identical to lead produced from lead ore but requiring 35% to 40% less energy. To learn more about lead recycling,
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We also process a wide variety of other industrial wastes that are indigenous to the lead smelting process as substitutes for natural gas, oil, metallurgical coke or soda ash. To learn more about resource recovery,
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Our Ville Ste-Catherine facility is the only lead recycling facility in North America to have a long body rotary kiln with a closed loop, in-line high temperature after-burner gas conditioning tower and high efficiency bag-houses. "Nova Pb" brand lead is a London Metal Exchange (LME) approved and traded brand throughout the international marketplace. ISO 14001 and ISO 9001 approved for quality, environmental and operational performance. To learn more about the facility and lead recycling,
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Lubricants, Greases and Hydraulic Fluids
Re-refined Base Oils
- Manufactured from used oils during the re-refining process
- Distributed via rail to major lubricant manufacturers throughout Canada and the U.S.
- Used in precise formulations for numerous prominent brands of blended lubricants for the automotive market
Rechargeable Batteries
- Recovered through an exclusive national partnership with the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC) and its North America-wide Call2Recycle program
- Newalta's Fort Erie, Ont., facility is the only Canadian facility approved to process rechargeable Nickel Cadmium (Ni-Cd), Nickel Metal Hydride (Ni-MH), Lithium Ion (Li-ion) and Small Sealed Lead (Pb) batteries for recycling through the RBRC program
- Batteries are received, sorted, processed and sent for recycling to the RBRC
- Each year, Newalta processes over 240,000 kilograms of batteries through the RBRC program
- For more information on this program, visit the RBRC website
Solvents and Antifreeze
- Developed using recovered products
- Formulated with additives to boost performance
- Distributed to major automotive dealerships and automotive maintenance chains across Canada through a network of distribution facilities and delivery vehicles
Water
