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While non-toxic, propylene glycol - the
main ingredient in ADF - does pose an
environmental threat.
"By design, glycol absorbs moisture which
is the same as absorbing oxygen. It has a very
high biological oxygen demand. When propylene glycol enters an aquatic environment,
it acts as a food source for some microbes
so it eventually will break down into harmless molecules. This is tolerable in small
quantities. A problem arises with higher
concentrations of propylene glycol because
the microbes also use oxygen from the water
to digest the food source. This increase in
Biological Oxygen Demand can starve other
aquatic life of oxygen, thus affecting the
environment," Thurlow explains.
For years, spent ADF had been discharged
into the Fore River, Paul Bradbury, Airport
Director of the Portland International Jetport, says.
"Historically, ADF at airports has been
directly discharged into local tributaries
or estuaries, which are tidal areas if you're
right on the coastline like Portland. So to
that point, we were discharging a fairly
small amount of propylene glycol relative
to the size of the estuary. None the less,
our Maine Department of Environmental
Protection wanted a long-term solution,"
says Bradbury.
The resulting solution turned PWM
into the first on-airport facility in the US
to capture, recycle and remanufacture an
FAA approved ADF in a closed loop system. Inland Technologies commissioned the
facility in 2016 to start production of Type I

ADF from 100 percent recycled glycol.
The road to becoming the US first began
in 2010, off the back of a planned terminal
expansion at PWM.

"We were working on the design for terminal expansion," Bradbury says. "But part
of the permitting for that project included
environmental permits with our Maine

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Industry Expert Column - DATA/IT
Dewey Kulzer: LIfetime Achievement
Air Canada Looks to Modernize GSE with Construction of New Facility
The Pitfalls and Potential of Ground Handling in Africa
The Do's and Don'ts of Deicing
A Steady Supply of Comfort
Product Hangar
Editor's Note
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