History

Heritage Environmental Services Rebrands to Arcwood Environmental™

A significant milestone in our history, we officially rebranded as Arcwood Environmental in March of 2025. The new name embodies a forward-looking vision while preserving a steadfast commitment to sustainability, innovation, and trusted partnerships that have defined us as a leader in environmental services for over five decades.

Incinerator Receives Commercial Permitting

Our incinerator in Orange, TX received its commercial permit.

Heritage Acquires EBV

Located in Joplin, MO, EBV is the leading provider in energetic waste disposal, expanding our services with demilitarization and explosives disposal.

EQT Assumes Majority Ownership of Heritage Environmental Services

Heritage Environmental Services remains a stand-alone platform, as an EQT Infrastructure company.

Heritage Interactive Services Launched as Envita Solutions

Developed as a service within Heritage Environmental Services, Heritage Interactive Services rebrands as sister company, Envita Solutions.

Heritage Transport Acquired Frank’s Vacuum Truck Service, Inc.

Expanded truck capacity allows us to provide a deeper level of strategic support throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Divestiture of Solid Oak to 5D Field Services

Heritage Environmental Services and Fielding Environmental partnered to Acquire Reclamation Technologies, Inc. (RTI)

This EPA-certified refrigerant reclamation company provides a safe and affordable solution to manage refrigerants that are harmful to the ozone layer and contribute to global warming.

Heritage Sustainability Investments, LLC, a sister company to HES

Made an investment in ClimeCo, a respected advisor, transaction facilitator, and trader of environmental commodity market products, specializing in regulated carbon, regional criteria pollutant trading programs, voluntary markets, sustainability, plastic credits, and project development and financing of GHG abatement and mitigation systems. Acquired controlling interest in Retriev Technologies, a leading North American electric vehicle battery recycling company.

Acquired Incinerator in Orange, TX

Heritage Thermal Services expands to Texas with the purchase of an incinerator in Orange, TX.

Acquired Rineco Chemical Industries

Located in Benton, AR, this acquisition added fuels blending to our services.

Micronutrients is sold into the animal feed market space

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Acquired Solid Oak

Solid Oak added water transfer services to our portfolio.

Supported a major oil spill cleanup

Heritage was the primary waste contractor for a large oil release in the Gulf of Mexico.

Crystal Clean is spun off as a public entity (NASDAQ: HCCI)

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Acquired complete ownership of WTI

Purchased an incinerator from (VonRoll America) in East Liverpool, OH (later to become Heritage Thermal Services).

Heritage Interactive Services formed

Began by-product management operations, later known as Heritage Interactive Services.

80-acre site purchased in Coolidge, AZ

This expanded Heritage’s TSD footprint to the southwestern US.

Micronutrients established

The Micronutrients Copper etchant recycling semi-works plant operations leads to a new $4 million copper plant being built.

All companies consolidated under Heritage Environmental Services, Inc.

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Heritage Crystal Clean developed

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.

ILWD becomes Heritage Environmental Services in recognition of its broader service offerings

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.

ILT becomes Heritage Transport

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.

Indiana Liquid Transport (ILT) acquired

ILT was acquired to improve the synergies of transporting waste to and from the plant.

Process Engineering Group formed

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New hazardous waste landfill sited in Putnam County, Indiana

The EPA published the regulations associated with RCRA which became effective on November 19, 1980.

Indiana Liquid Waste and Disposal Company renamed ILWD

The company is renamed and opens a new plant on the west side of Indianapolis, IN, relocating from Columbus, IN.

Industrial Liquid Waste Disposal Company established

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

Asphalt Ready Mix developed

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