US: Chemical distributor Univar has shipped 379,000M^₃ (100 million gallons) of fuel-quality waste from its waste chemical business, ChemCare, to Systech Environmental, a subsidiary of Lafarge. The two companies have been in partnership in waste management since 1989.

"We are committed to responsible waste management for our ChemCare customers, including the recycling of materials wherever possible. Our 25 year partnership with Systech has been an outstanding reflection of this, enabling the responsible disposal of waste while providing an alternative fuel source for cement kilns," said Greg Vas Nunes, vice president of ChemCare. Systech Environmental added that the arrangement had prevented the generation of 800,000t of CO₂.

ChemCare provides waste management service that collects both hazardous and non-hazardous waste products at customer locations in the US and Canada. It then works with partners in the waste disposal business to transport these materials to licensed third-party treatment, storage and disposal facilities.

Systech Environmental processes hazardous and non-hazardous industrial waste for use as fuel in cement kilns. It is actively processing or marketing fuels at 16 cement plants in the US.