b'24 New Glycol Recycling FacilitySYR WINTER OPERATIONS at Syracuse Hancock Intl ProducesDeicing Fluid Certified for Reuse BY JENNIFER DAACK WOOLSONJust before Thanksgiving and the traditional start of theThe new facility, financed and managed by Aeromag, is known 2023/2024 winter holiday travel season, a new glycolas an RRR systemwhich stands for recover, recycle, reuse. recycling facility opened at Syracuse Hancock InternationalIn short, runoff collected from three pads at SYRs centralized Airport (SYR) featuring first-of-its-kind deicing technology fordeicing facility is processed by equipment from Vilokan ADF the United States. In addition to recovering and recycling glycolSolutions, a Swedish company that specializes in the innovation of from aircraft deicing operations, the new $19.4 million systemenvironmental technology. significantly enhances the process by producing glycol for reuse atAeromag is a worldwide company that focuses on deicing and the upstate New York airfield.glycol recycling, and also prides itself for an internal culture of SYR Chief Operations Officer Aaroninnovation. Harris explains that the innovative full-cycleGabriel Lpine, executive vice president of approach shrinks the airports CO2 footprint,Operations and Development at Aeromag, drastically decreases the need for offsite waternotes that conversations about developing the treatment, reduces deicing expenses andcutting-edge facility began during the 2020 creates a self-sufficient supply chain for theCOVID lockdown. We heard that Syracuse crucial fluid. Needless to say, Harris is pleasedAirport was looking for ideas about potential with both categories of green benefits AARON HARRIS courses of action for their contaminated financial and environmental.stormwater instead of sending it to the localGABRIEL LPINEPreviously, SYR relied on a pair of 3 million-gallon stormwaterwastewater treatment center, he recalls. We holding tanks and an open-pit lagoon. Upwards of 6 million gallonsalready started working with our partners Burns & McDonnell and of spent aircraft deicing fluid diluted with snow and rainwater wasVilokan on the recycling system. So when the opportunity presented discharged annually to the county for treatment.itself, we all got together and started designing the intricate system and ended up being awarded the project [via a request March | April 2024AirportImprovement.com'