As Environmental Officer for ThermicEdge Corporation in Edmonton, 23 year old Dione Chambers is responsible for the water-treatment system, which removes heavy metals which are a by-product of making and cleaning electrical components. Hazardous waste is stored for careful disposal and the purified water is discarded in the sewer.		Radio waves are transmitted around the world from devices as varied as satellites, computers, and cell phones. ThermicEdge is an electronics manufacturing company in Edmonton, Alberta, which makes components for these and other electronic devices. Many of these components are made out of gold, but others include heavy metals which result in the production of toxic solutions. These wastes cannot be casually discarded, or they would taint soil and groundwater and poison the food chain. Dione manages the water-treatment system for ThermicEdge. She removes heavy metals from waste-plating solutions before the wastewater goes into the sewer system. Hazardous waste is put into drums, which she then transfers to a storage facility with the help of the company’s safety officers. Dione was originally hired to do Quality Control at ThermicEdge. She still has office duties related to the business-systems database and for parts, product, and waste disposal. The major part of her duties is now specifically related to the chemical field. Dione works in ThermicEdge’s new facility in Edmonton, a plant contained within a berm that can hold 12,000 gallons. In the unlikely event of an unusually large spill, the toxic fluids would be contained, and with the help of firefighters and clean-up crews, prevented from reaching the sewers and the North Saskatchewan River which runs through Edmonton. Dione cleans up small chemical spills herself, such as a bottle of acid.