Remedination

Autonomous hazardous waste remediation

Protection should arrive
before the harm.

We automate hazardous waste vitrification, turning contaminated waste into stable glass with machines doing the dangerous work, so no one has to stand in the hazard.

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Nonprofit in formation · Alabama

Our mission. We automate hazardous waste vitrification to eliminate worker exposure, accelerate remediation, and prove that autonomous on-site processing can scale across America's legacy contamination sites.

Why we exist

Safety that keeps arriving late.

We don't want to be catching up.

My dad worked at an aluminum smelter. When he started, nobody wore masks. Then the regulations changed, and they put on masks. Then again, and again, until it ended with full respirators. By then it was too late. Many of the men who started there ended there, and the end came too soon.

Lives matter too much to wait for the next regulation. We want to get ahead of the hazard, and stay there.

Our approach

Three commitments

1

Remove the person from the hazard

Robotic systems handle, process and test the waste. People supervise from a safe distance.

2

Design safety in from the start

Safety is an engineering requirement on day one, not something added after exposure.

3

Design to scale

Modular, repeatable units, so the benefit reaches future generations and many sites, not just one.

The idea

Contamination to remediation to the nation.

Vitrification locks hazardous materials into glass, a durable form that resists leaching. Our contribution is the autonomy layer around it, from contaminated waste to stable glass.

ContaminationLegacy waste, sludge and sediment at industrial sites.
RemediationAutomated characterization, vitrification and leach testing, on site.
NationA repeatable model for legacy sites across the country.

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The path

Where we are seeking support

  1. PartnershipsUniversities, engineers, site owners and agencies.
  2. Prototype and researchProve the process on real waste samples.
  3. Site surveyCharacterize the first target site.
  4. DesignModular, safe, automated systems.
  5. PermitsWork with regulators from the start.
  6. PurchaseEquipment and materials.
  7. ImplementationField pilot under oversight.
  8. FutureCorporate, university and community partners to carry the work forward.

Help us get ahead of the hazard.

We are building the team and the partnerships now. If you are a funder, engineer, regulator, site owner or neighbor of a contaminated site, we want to hear from you.

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