Metals Treatment Technologies


MT2 Firing Range Services - Metals Treatment Technologies is an American LLC, based in Arvada, Colorado that provides environmental firing range services, and lead remediation services.
It was founded on August 4, 2000 and the company seeks to continue development, distribute, and deploy heavy metals treatment technologies for firing ranges and at contaminated sites. The proprietary technology for those is implemented under the brand name ECOBOND.
MT2 is listed as a technology vendor on the EPA website for contaminated site Cleanup-Information, as well as the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council's "Technical/Regulatory Guidelines, Characterization and Remediation of Soils at Closed Small Arms Firing Ranges."
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Services

The services provided by MT2 include:
  • Gun Range Lead cleaning services
  • Lead reclamation & Brass recycle
  • Shooting
  • OSHA/EPA Consulting and Assessment
  • Range Maintenance, HVAC systems support
  • Range Construction and Renovation
  • Lead Remediation & Abatement
  • Firing Range Sustainability and Maintenance
  • Firing Range Remediation and Closure
  • Soil and Waste Stabilization/Treatment
  • Brownfields/Land Development and Re-use
  • Mine Remediation Services
  • Lead-Based Paint - treatment/products for non-hazardous removal

Patented products

MT2, LLC distributes several versions of its product ECOBOND under the U.S. Patents: US 7314512 B2 and US 6984769 B2. These patents cover the treatment of surfaces to stabilize heavy metals. This includes a paint stripper additive, a paint that can support the non-hazardous removal of lead-based paint, and a QuickCoat paint that provides a latex barrier for non-removal purposes.

EcoBond

The metals treatment technology process used by MT2 includes chemical treatment processes for the remediation of heavy metals. This treatment is achieved via MT2's process under the brand name ECOBOND. The product chemically changes the heavy metal, making it less leachable and subsequently substantially less hazardous to the environment and safer to work with.
Metals EcoBond treats include:
Arsenic,
Aluminum,
Antimony,
Barium,
Cadmium,
Chromium,
Lead,
Mercury,
Selenium,
several Radionuclides, and
Zinc.

Bullet shortages

Recent national bullet shortages have resulted in higher prices for consumers, and lower ammunition availability for the military. This need has provided a significant market for MT2. There is an estimated 15 years worth of lead bullets in the ground in American shooting ranges, waiting to be extracted. In 2007 MT2 extracted 560,000 pounds of the heavy metal.

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