Who We Are

WRS Environmental Services, Inc. (WRS) was incorporated in 1993; our primary service is to provide solutions for our clients relating to a variety of environmental hazards/non-hazards commonly found in commercial buildings, government buildings, hospitals, schools, railroads, utilities and industrial facilities. Our knowledge of the environmental industry together with our advanced technologies, state-of-the-art equipment, and strong ability to solve problems has enabled us to offer turn-key solutions to our clients. Our management staff has an average of 25 years of experience and the knowledge which far exceeds our competitors.

WRS provides “24/7” emergency response and disaster recovery services with expertise in the areas of emergency spill response, wastewater treatment, dewatering, natural disaster response, hazardous/non-hazardous waste management, hazardous waste remediation, asbestos/lead abatement, demolition, project designing, investigative Geoprobe services, groundwater and soil treatment, and marine spill response. WRS also offers complete restoration services to rebuild or replace any impacted or contaminated area.

WRS developed an Air Resource Management Division which handles asbestos, lead, microbial and hazardous material remediation to meet the growing demands of our market. WRS has implemented a safety program, which ensures that all employees, client representatives and job site visitor’s receive maximum protection during abatement and remediation activities. We have extensive experience working with Federal, EPA, OSHA, NIOSH, DEC and DOT agencies, as well as with State and Local agency representatives. Subsequently, we are extremely knowledgeable regarding the procedures and requirements mandated by these agencies. We have carefully structured all regulatory requirements into written job procedures for the safety and wellbeing of our clients’ personnel, the general public and WRS employee’s. We continually exceed the regulatory agency’s mandates and requirements in dealing with various hazardous materials by applying the most stringent regulations.

WRS is currently licensed by the State of New York, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the State of New Jersey. We are certified to remediate lead, mold, asbestos and non-hazardous/hazardous waste materials in compliance with applicable regulatory provisions. All of the firm’s asbestos handlers and supervisors are certified by New York City Department of Environmental Protection and New York State Department of Labor. These employees have successfully completed a mandatory training course in the procedures for safe, secure and environmentally correct asbestos abatement practice. We have handlers and supervisors that are certified to hold permits in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, issued by the Department of Health. WRS employees are union members and have a reputation for working harmoniously with all unions. WRS has a strategic alliance with a nationally recognized Environmental, Industrial and Facility Efficiency Support service firm that is a Minority Owned Business (MBE). Rickman Enterprise Group provides services to some of the world’s largest companies and has worked with WRS to provide turn-key services.

WRS is insured with an A rated carrier, “Excellent” by “A.M. Best Company.” Our insurance programs offers “True” occurrence form general liability coverage with hazardous pollution and with limits of $10,000,000.00 each occurrence and with $10,000,000.00 in the aggregate. WRS also carries the statutory limits for workers compensation and disability as mandated by the State of New York.