Patent ID: 8168067

Claim:
A process for treating and disposing a liquid waste wherein said liquid waste is solidified prior to waste disposal, said process comprising: calibrating characteristics of the liquid waste using a recirculation mode to determine an amount of dry treatment product necessary to treat the liquid waste, adding to said liquid waste a dry treatment product generally comprising approximately 25% to 75% bentonite clay and respectively 75% to 25% of a liquid-sorbing polymer at a rate determined by said characteristics, subjecting said liquid waste to a single pass high shear mix so as to incorporate said treatment product into said liquid waste with increased dispersion and reduced agglomeration; subjecting the treated liquid waste to a retention time suitable for solidification; storing said treated liquid waste to allow for evaporation of water, thereby resulting in a decrease in overall volume relative to a predetermined initial volume of liquid waste to be treated; and disposing of the solidified liquid waste.