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Mhm . Mhm .

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Mid 2000s , we had a contract

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for hesitance waste disposal out of

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Iraq as a result of the ongoing

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war . And often times disposition

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services were called in at the tail end

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of a conflict . And such was the case .

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And so we were writing contracts uh

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to dispose of the war fighters

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generated hazardous waste and material .

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And one of the most challenging items

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to dispose of was lithium batteries .

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And because waste has to be moved

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through different countries , the basel

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convention applies and that can be a

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very drawn out time consuming process

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because you have to get all the

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countries that have touch points agree

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to having waste moved through it .

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Unfortunately Iraq and um

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I'm sorry Pakistan could not come to an

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agreement . And so our contractor had

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to arrange for airlift for the lithium

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batteries . And it was a logistical

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nightmare . But we prevailed . And for

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those batteries , um it costs a little

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over $1 million dollars to airlift

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those and have them disposed of