<\/a><\/p>\nAmerican Airlines decided to contact Covanta, a global company that\u00a0works with companies and communities to find sustainable solutions to their waste management challenges. Fortunately for American, Covanta operates a facility in Tulsa and was willing to accept the waste water from the Wheel & Brake Center.<\/p>\n
Today, American ships 800 tons of waste water across town to Covanta’s processing plant. Once it\u00a0arrives, it is processed through Convanta’s Liquid Direct Injection system. That procedure pumps it through atomizing nozzles directly into a high temperature combustion chamber.\u00a0\u201cThe non\u2010hazardous liquid…..is injected directly into the 2000\u00b0F boiler, destroying any contaminants, and, in this case, providing a much needed solution to another business in the city,\u201d says\u00a0Jennifer Minney, Covanta’s Southwest Region Sales Manager.<\/p>\n
The process detroys the contaminants and vaporizes the water, which\u00a0avoids sending it to landfills where the contaminants could leach out over time into the surrounding ground water. And what does Covanta do with all vaporized water?\u00a0It sends it via a high pressure pipe across the street to help operate a refinery. The steam from Covanta means the refinery needs to burn less fossil fuel to make steam for its many industrial processes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt really is about partnership,\u201d says Teresa Sellers, Senior Environmental Engineer for American Airlines. \u201cRecycling is such an important activity but without a good partner or partners and support from employees even the best efforts won\u2019t be successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore\u00a0we\u00a0started\u00a0working\u00a0with\u00a0Covanta,\u00a0we\u00a0would\u00a0have\u00a0treated\u00a0the\u00a0dirty\u00a0water\u00a0to\u00a0remove\u00a0most\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0contaminants,\u00a0stored\u00a0it,\u00a0and\u00a0then\u00a0solidified\u00a0and\u00a0disposed\u00a0of\u00a0the\u00a0water\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0landfill,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Thelma\u00a0Latimer\u2010Davis, manager for environmental engineering at American\u00a0Airlines.\u00a0\u201cThe fact that Covanta was located in Tulsa made this happen,\u201d she says. \u201cBy partnering with them for our waste water recycling, we do not incur costs to ship water across state lines — they are less than 10 miles away.”<\/p>\n
Thannks to its partnership with Covanta, the American Airlines Wheel & Brake Center has earned the Henry Bellmon Award for \u201csetting the standards for sustainability in Oklahoma.\u201d The award recognizes American for its commitment to environmentally safe waste water disposal.<\/p>\n
\u201cWinning the Henry Bellmon Award gives us the opportunity to show others in Tulsa what we\u2019ve been able to do,\u201d said Latimer\u2010 Davis. \u201cIt also demonstrates to the aerospace industry — which there is a lot of here — that zero waste to landfill can be achieved even in places where the main activity is maintenance and not manufacturing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur work with Covanta is very important to this city,\u201d Latimer\u2010Davis continued. \u201cWe\u2019re helping to establish a \u2018green\u2019 community. People are talking about what we\u2019ve accomplished but most importantly the conversation about sustainability is continuing.”<\/p>\n
With facilities located around the world, Covanta is working with many diverse industries who need sustainable solutions to the waste products created by the manufacturing process.<\/p>\n
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