HOUSTON, June 27, 2002 -- USFilter Recovery Services (Mid-Atlantic) Inc., has completed the acquisition of certain assets of EarthLiquids, a company specializing in the collection and management of used oil and oily wastewaters.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas (Fort Worth Division) approved the transaction. EarthLiquids' parent company, The EarthCare Company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier this year.
EarthLiquids' service network of 140 waste transport trucks and five centralized waste processing and recycling facilities will be combined with the company's existing operations throughout the South and Mid-Atlantic states. USFilter Recovery Services has already been directing day-to-day operations under a management services agreement.
"We're delighted to be offering customers an expanded service network for recycling used oil, hydrocarbon-water mixtures, glycol, wastewater, used oil filters and related waste products," said Chuck Gordon, executive vice president and general manager of USFilter Industrial Services & Products.
Part of USFilter, USFilter Recovery Services specializes in the recovery and recycling of used oil, oily wastewaters, fuel-water mixtures, glycol and used oil filters.
United States Filter Corporation, a Vivendi Environnement company, is North America's largest water company providing comprehensive water and wastewater systems and services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers. Vivendi Environnement (Paris Bourse: VIE and NYSE: VE), comprised of Vivendi Water (worldwide water products and services), Onyx (solid waste and industrial services), Dalkia (energy management), Connex (transportation and logistics) and FCC (Spanish company engaged in environmental and construction related industries), is the largest environmental services company in the world with more than 295,000 employees, including FCC, in about 100 countries and annual revenues of more than $25.6 billion. Visit the company's Web sites at www.usfilter.com or www.vivendienvironnement-finance.com.
