> #Hallett’s chemical process has won converts even among environmentalists. “The technique Hallett developed is stunningly and elegantly simple,” #DavidSuzuki wrote in his column in The #TorontoStar on Jan. 30, 1993. “It seems too good to be true.” In November 1996, Eco Logic was given the go-ahead by the #Ontario Ministry of Environment & Energy to set up a Destructor in downtown Toronto, where a defunct #GeneralElectric factory has left behind some stored PCBs.
#Canada #Toronto #DougHallet

> When Hallett first conceived the idea of the Destructor, there were still only two ways to deal with toxic waste: store it or burn it. Storage inevitably means leakage and contamination. Incineration multiplies the problem: toxic furans and dioxin float out of smokestacks; filters and scrubbers are packed with poison; there are mounds of ash to be disposed of the process requires massive amounts of energy
http://justinsmallbridge.com/clips/19970301CBdestructor.html
#DougHallet #Dioxins #Incinerator #EcoLogic #ToxicWaste

> The ELI Eco Logic International Inc. (Eco Logic) process thermally separates organics, then chemically reduces them in a hydrogen atmosphere, converting them to a reformed gas that consists of light hydrocarbons and water... The Gas-Phase Chemical Reduction process is designed to treat aqueous and oily waste streams and soil and sludge contaminated with hazardous organic waste, such as PCB, PAHs, ...
- https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=NRMRL&dirEntryId=126905

#EcoLogic #PCBs #ToxicChemicals #DougHallet

> Ever heard of ELI Eco Logic? Back in the 1980s, Doug Hallett, a scientist formerly with Environment Canada, patented a process to destroy PCBs and other toxic chemicals. He poured his life's blood and family money into Eco Logic, only to see the entire venture drain away in the face of government and corporate indifference.
- https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/03/05/call_of_the_loon.html

#EcoLogic #Chlorine #PCBs #ToxicChemicals #DougHallet