3. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
• HOWCO Environmental Services is a Florida based company that
has been serving Florida industries for over 35 years. HOWCO
was founded by Tim Hagan Sr., President and CEO. He was a
member of the original United Association of Used Oil Services
(UAUOS) and a board member of the National Oil Recyclers
Association (NORA). NORA is a trade association representing
over 200 of the leading recycling companies, working with the
USEPA to develop the Used Oil Management Standards.
• Since 1975 HOWCO Environmental has continued to grow and
currently operates multiple oil recovery and processing facilities in
the state of Florida. Today HOWCO provides environmental and
resource recovery solutions throughout Florida from its three
operation centers, located in St. Petersburg, Fort Myers and
Astor.
• HOWCO operates as a certified used oil collector, transporter,
and processor of burner fuel. Providing premier customer service
in our industry to each of our customers.
5. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
Used Oil Collection
Waste Antifreeze Collection
Used Oil Filter Collection
Vacuum Truck Services
Oil/Water Separator
Cleaning
Industrial Tank Cleaning
Waste Fuel Recycling
Waste Water Treatment and
Disposal
Sludge Disposal
Hazardous Waste Disposal
Analytical Services
Containment Solutions
Double Wall Tank Sales
Absorbent Materials
Absorbent Disposal
Industrial Cleaning
Pressure Cleaning
DEP/EPA Compliance
Audits
HOWCO provides a complete line of waste management
services to both private and public sector clients, through a
staff of seasoned professionals, who maintain a variety of
certifications and accreditations.
7. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
Our vehicles are specifically designed
for the collection of oily wastes, with
multiple compartments to separate
liquid wastes. There is no need to send
several trucks to pick up different liquid
waste streams or to collect drummed
materials. Our vehicles can pick up your
drummed waste while we are collecting
your liquid waste streams. Saving time,
money and not disrupting your business
operations.
We take the guess work out! All of
our trucks are equipped with state
of the art electronic gauges to
ensure accurate manifesting of
liquid waste streams.
9. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
The “heart” of the company’s St.
Petersburg facility is an oil
reprocessing plant. Used oils are
received into the facility, classified
and stored pending treatment.
Several techniques including
heating, chemical treatment and
physical separation are utilized to polish the oils into On-Specification
Industrial Fuels meeting ASTM specifications, which are sold to electric
utilities, cement kilns and asphalt plants throughout the State of
Florida. The entire system is self-contained and transfers any by-
products into other in-house processes
for stabilization, treatment recycling and/
or disposal.
Asphalt plants use this on-spec fuel to
assist in the production of asphalt today
that will help pave the roads we drive
on tomorrow!
10. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
Used
Oil
Tank
Used
Oil
Tank
Cooker
Tank
25K
Untreated
Water
Tank
Cooker
Tank
25K
Condenser Unit
Chemical
Feed
Shaker
Unit
Light
Ends/
Water
Chemical
Feed
Finish
Oil
Tank
Finish
Oil
Tank
To Water
Treatment
Ship to
Customer
Burner
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Did you know that using recycled antifreeze
is less expensive than virgin antifreeze and
helps reduce our dependence on limited
natural resources? In fact, waste antifreeze
can be recycled either in an on-site unit,
by a mobile service or off-site. Dumping
waste antifreeze into a stormdrain or
waterway, is a violation of the Cleanwater Act. Antifreeze is harmful to
all life and is especially deadly to dogs, cats and other domestic
animals that like the sweet taste of antifreeze.
The used antifreeze that HOWCO collects is stored and sold to
antifreeze recyclers in the state of Florida. These companies like, On-
Site Antifreeze Recycling located in Fort
Myers, Florida can recycle and restore the
used antifreeze back to it’s intended state
and use. Providing recycled antifreeze
that meets or exceeds ASTM standards.
12. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
HOWCO owns and operates a waste
water treatment system, with a licensed
capacity of over 10,000,000 gallons
annually. HOWCO maintains multiple
vertical tanks in containment to facilitate
isolation of certain waste types with
other wastes of compatible
characteristics. In addition to treating water from its own
operations, the company receives and processes wastewater
from a variety of outside sources, to meet the stringent pre-
treatment standards of the local municipal water treatment plant
(POTW.) The treated water is integrated into
the process of the POTW, which supplies
return-flow irrigation water to businesses and
residences. Solids generated from wastewater
treatment are transferred to HOWCO’s
on-site sludge management system.
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Untreated
Water
Tank
Untreated
Water
Tank
Treatment
Tank
(A)
Sand
Filter
Treated
Water
Tank
Treated
Water
Tank
Chlorine Dioxide
Generator
Flume
Treatment
Tank
(B)
TowerStripper
Tray Stripper
Chemical Feed
Chemical Feed
Discharge to
Southwest WRF
14. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
Used oil filters are brought into our Saint
Petersburg, Fl facility for processing. Used
filters are crushed or shredded to remove
used oil, cubed, bulked and packaged for
shipping. The packaged filters are then
transported to a permitted smelting facility for recycling into
various steel products, such as rebar and manhole covers.
Used oil that is recovered from the filters is recycled through
the oil plant.
16. RECYCLING TODAY’S WASTE TO PRODUCE TOMORROW’S ENERGY
HOWCO’s St. Petersburg facility has an
on-site Analytical Laboratory, equipped
with current state-of-the-art equipment,
including Varian Gas Chromatographs,
Asoma XRF Spectrophotometer and a
complete Wet Chemistry section. The lab is
staffed by a senior environmental chemist
for prompt, accurate qualification of all waste streams. HOWCO’s
QA/QC program ensures that every project will receive a diligent
QA/QC review. All incoming oils are pre-screened in the field by our
drivers to ensure the halogenated compound levels meet the used oil
requirements before pumping. Before the used oil is received into the
plant, the oil plant operator will pull a sample from the trailer and bring
the sample to the lab for testing of halogenated compounds before
offloading into any receiving tank. Sulfur and distillation testing
is also done at that time. This effective quality management
system benefits HOWCO and the customer by verifying
compliance with requirements, maintaining checks and
balances in our day-to-day operations, and focusing on
prevention and improvement.
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No matter where our customers are
located within the Florida counties we
service, HOWCO will dispatch the right equipment
to service your recovery needs from one of our three
operation facilities.
Astor, Florida - servicing cities from
Jacksonville and south to Orlando
Saint Petersburg, Florida - servicing the
entire Tampa Bay Area and South to
Sarasota
Fort Myers, Florida – servicing all of Fort
Myers and surrounding south to Naples
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Howco provides 5-Star customer service!..
Joe MacDonald, Service & Parts Director- Cox Chevrolet/Mazda of Bradenton FL
http://www.coxauto.com/
Always on schedule, always available for emergency pickups- they make it happen! Their
employees are always professional, prompt and courteous… My Sarasota EPA inspector gave me
an A+ grade! I will never use any other company!
Thomas Zuczek, Owner -Car Care Connection of Sarasota FL
http://www.autorepairssarasota.com
Howco helped us with the Entironmental and cost issues facing companies in today’s business
world. Used oil, wastewater, hazardous material…They did it all!
Jay Pobursky, Operations Manager – March Performance of Naples FL
http://www.marchperf.com/
They do a good job and do what they say they are going to do…
Michael Van Antwerp, Service Director – Airport Kia, Naples FL
http://www.airportkianaples.com/
