Heritage Environmental Services is a privately-held, family-owned business headquartered in Indianapolis with more than 1,600 employees across North America. We provide a full suite of tailored solutions – from emergency response, waste disposal, and sustainability services to on-site support and technical solutions – to thousands of customers in hundreds of industries.
Our legacy of environmental leadership was founded on the precipice of the environmental movement in the 1970s, and since our inception we’ve been solving complex problems in the name of a safer world. Our pursuit of protecting human health and the environment began before there were regulations to tell us to do so. We are proud of our legacy that spans more than 50 years and invite you to learn more about our beginnings and landmark events that have shaped the organization you see today.
*events in green are relevant EPA milestones
A business unit is created to house a new process to take cutting oils and coolants from a local manufacturer and recover the oil as fuel to power their asphalt hot mix plants.
Formation of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Clean Air Act of 1970
An additional treatment process was implemented in Columbus, IN to address the contaminated water from cutting oil and coolant recovery, which led to the formation of Industrial Liquid Waste Disposal Company.
Clean Water Act
The company is renamed and opens a new plant on the west side of Indianapolis, IN, relocating from Columbus, IN.
The EPA published the regulations associated with RCRA which became effective on November 19, 1980.
ILT was acquired to improve the synergies of transporting waste to and from the plant.
The United States Federal Superfund law is officially known as the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, or CERCLA was passed, designed to investigate and clean-up sites contaminated with hazardous substances.
Our Roachdale, IN facility becomes the first RCRA Hazardous Waste Part B permitted landfill in the United States.
Kansas City, MO plant constructed and obtains Interim RCRA Status.
Heritage Research Group created a reuse option for spent parts washer fluids, later called Heritage Crystal Clean.
Acquired 100% stock ownership of Petrochem.
Merged Process Engineering Group and Petrochem to form Heritage Remediation/Engineering.
The Micronutrients Copper etchant recycling semi-works plant operations leads to a new $4 million copper plant being built.
This expanded Heritage’s TSD footprint to the southwestern US.
Began by-product management operations, later known as Heritage Interactive Services.
Purchased an incinerator from (VonRoll America) in East Liverpool, OH (later to become Heritage Thermal Services).
Heritage was the primary waste contractor for a large oil release in the Gulf of Mexico.
Solid Oak added water transfer services to our portfolio.
Located in Benton, AR, this acquisition added fuels blending to our services.
Heritage Thermal Services expands to Texas with the purchase of an incinerator in Orange, TX