1 EXHIBIT 21 PHILIP SERVICES CORP. SUBSIDIARY LIST - AS AT MARCH 1, 1998 COMPANY OWNERSHIP JURISDICTION Philip Services Corp. Ontario 2766906 Canada Inc. 100% Canada 721646 Alberta Ltd. 100% Alberta Arc Dust Processing (Barbados) Limited 100% Barbados Allwaste of Canada Ltd. 100% Ontario Caligo Partnership 90% Ontario Caligo Reclamation Ltd. 100% Ontario Cecatur Holdings 100% Ireland Philip Services (Delaware) L.L.C. 100% Delaware Luntz Corporation 80% Delaware Luntz Acquisition (Delaware) Corporation 100% Delaware 21st Century Environmental Management, Inc. 100% Delaware 21st Century Environmental Management, Inc. of Nevada 100% Nevada 21st Century Environmental Management, Inc. of Puerto Rico 100% Delaware 21st Century Environmental Management, Inc. of Rhode Island 100% Rhode Island Chemical Pollution Control, Inc. of Florida 100% Florida Chemical Pollution Control, Inc. of New York 100% New York Northland Environmental, Inc. 100% Delaware RESI Acquisition (Delaware) Corporation 100% Delaware Chem-Freight, Inc. 100% Ohio Republic Environmental Recycling (New Jersey), Inc. 100% New Jersey Republic Environmental Systems (Pennsylvania), Inc. 100% Pennsylvania Republic Environmental Systems (Technical Services Group), Inc. 100% New Jersey Republic Environmental Systems (Transportation Group), Inc. 100% Pennsylvania Philip Enterprises Inc./Les Entreprises Philip Inc. 100% Ontario 1195613 Ontario Limited 100% Ontario 1233793 Ontario Inc. 100% Ontario 2842-7979 Quebec Inc. 100% Quebec 800151 Ontario Inc. 100% Ontario 821059 Ontario Inc. 25% Ontario 842578 Ontario Limited 100% Ontario 912613 Ontario Ltd. 100% Ontario Fercyco & Partners 33% Not Available Fercyco Incorporated 50% Ontario Fers et Meteaux Recycles Ltd. 50% Quebec K-Scrap Resources Inc. 42% Ontario Luntz Corporation 19% Delaware Phencorp International Finance Inc. 100% Ireland Phencorp International B.V. 100% Netherlands Spitman Industrie Service B.V. 100% Netherlands Philip Services (Europe) Limited 100% United Kingdom Allied Metals Limited 100% United Kingdom Arc Dust processing (UK) Limited 33% United Kingdom B.M. Metals (Recycling) Ltd. 100% United Kingdom Bath Reclamation (Avonmouth) Co. Limited 100% United Kingdom 1 2 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction Blackbushe Limited 100% United Kingdom Blackbushe Metals (Western) Limited 100% United Kingdom Elliott Metal Company Limited 100% United Kingdom Southern Hauliers Limited 100% United Kingdom T.C. Fraser Metals Limited 75% United Kingdom Cardiff Facility Company Limited 50% United Kingdom E. Pearse (Holdings) Limited 100% United Kingdom E. Pearse & Co. Limited 100% United Kingdom C. Phillip and Sons (Bristol) Limited 100% United Kingdom Mayer Pearse Limited 100% United Kingdom Widsite Limited 100% United Kingdom Philip Cardiff Facility Company Limited 50% United Kingdom Philip Metals (Europe) Limited 100% United Kingdom Philip Services (Delaware), Inc. 100% Delaware Philip Industrial Services (USA), Inc. 100% Texas Cousins Waste Control Corporation (formerly Philip Environmental Services Acquisition (Ohio) Corporation) 100% Ohio Nortru Inc. 100% Michigan Allworth Inc. 100% Alabama Chemical Reclamation Service, Inc. 100% Texas Meklo, Incorporated 100% Texas Southeast Environmental Services, Inc. 100% Texas CyanoKEM, Inc. 100% Michigan Nortru, Ltd. 100% Ontario Rho-Chem Corporation 100% California Sessa, S.A. de C.V. 100% Mexico ThermalKEM, Inc. 100% Delaware Philip Environmental of Idaho Corporation 100% Delaware Philip Environmental Washington Inc. 100% Washington Burlington Environmental Inc. 100% Delaware Burlington Environmental Inc. (formerly Chemical Processors Inc.) 100% Washington Resource Recovery Corporation 100% Washington Termco Corporation 100% Washington Gasoline Tank Service Company Inc. 100% Washington United Drain Oil Service Inc. 100% Washington Philip Environmental Services Corporation (formerly Burlington Environmental Inc.) 100% Missouri Solvent Recovery Corporation 100% Missouri Philip Industrial Services Group, Inc. (formerly Allwaste, Inc.) 100% Delaware ALRC, Inc. 100% Delaware APLC, Inc. 100% Delaware Allwaste Asbestos Abatement Holdings, Inc. (formerly Combined Waste Services, Inc.) 100% Delaware Allwaste Asbestos Abatement, Inc. 100% Delaware Allwaste Asbestos Abatement of New England, Inc. 100% Massachusetts Oneida Asbestos Removal, Inc. 100% Not Available 2 3 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction Oneida Asbestos Abatement, Inc. 100% Delaware Allwaste Environmental Services, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Services, Inc.) 100% Delaware Ace/Allwaste Environmental Services of Indiana, Inc. (formerly Ace Power Rodding Corporation) 100% Illinois All Safety and Supply, Inc. 100% Texas AllScaff, Inc. (formerly Southern Scaffold, Inc.) 100% Tennessee Allwaste Environmental Services/North Central, Inc.(ILLINOIS CORP - FOR UNION PURPOSES ONLY) 100% Illinois Allwaste Environmental Services/Southwest, Inc. (formerly Western Hydrovac, Inc.) 100% Arizona Allwaste Servicios Industriales de Control Ecologico S.A. de C.V. 60% Mexico Allwaste Tank Services S.A. de C.V. 60% Mexico Allwaste Texquisition Inc. (formerly Hydrowash Acquisition Company, Inc.) 100% Texas Caligo de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 99% Not Available Caligo, Ltd. 100% Pennsylvania Industrial Construction Services Co., Inc. 100% Alabama J.D. Meagher/Allwaste, Inc. 100% Massachusetts James & Luther Services, Inc. 100% Delaware Allwaste Services of El Paso, Inc. 100% Delaware Jesco Industrial Service, Inc. 100% Kentucky Oil Recycling, Incorporated 100% North Dakota Philip Services Hawaii, Ltd. (formerly SmithService Hawaii, Ltd.) 100% Hawaii Philip Industrial Services of Texas, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Services of Freeport, Inc.) 100% Texas Philip Services/Louisiana, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Oilfield Services, Inc.) 100% Louisiana Philip Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (formerly Clean America, Inc.) 100% Maryland Philip Services/Missouri, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Environmental Services of Missouri, Inc.) 100% Delaware Philip Services/Mobile, Inc. (formerly Ed Nemer Construction Co., Inc.) 100% Alabama Philip Services/North Atlantic, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Environmental Services/North Atlantic, Inc.) 100% Delaware Philip Services/North Central, Inc.. (formerly Allwaste Environmental Services/North Central, Inc.) 100% Illinois Philip Services/Ohio, Inc. (formerly AWI/C&K Acquisition, Inc.) 100% Ohio Philip Services/Oklahoma, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Environmental Services of Oklahoma, Inc.) 100% Oklahoma Philip Plant Services, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Intermountain Plant Services, Inc.) 100% Delaware Philip Scaffold Corporation (formerly Glenn's Enterprises, Inc.) 100% Colorado Philip Services/Atlanta, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Field Services of Atlanta, Inc.) 100% Georgia Philip Services South Central, Inc.. (formerly Vac-N-Jet Environmental, Inc.) 100% Colorado 3 4 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction Philip West Industrial Services, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Services of San Francisco, Inc.) 100% California Philip Transportation and Remediation, Inc. (formerly C.K.C., Inc.) 100% California Philip/BEC, Inc. (formerly BEC/Allwaste, Inc.) 100% Alabama Philip/Whiting, Inc. (formerly Allwaste/Whiting, Inc.) 100% Delaware Allwaste Tank Cleaning, Inc. (formerly Atlanta Truck Wash) 100% Georgia Allwaste Railcar Cleaning, Inc. 100% Delaware Allwaste Recovery Systems, Inc. (formerly Allwaste Services of Georgia, Inc) 100% Georgia Georgia Recovery Systems 50% Not Available GRS/Lake Charles, Ltd. 50% Not Available PSC Enterprises, Inc. 100% Delaware Allies Staffing, Inc. 100% Delaware Allies Staffing Ltd. 100% Ontario Allquest Capital, Inc. 100% Delaware Allquest Compression Services L.L.C. 50% Delaware HydroServe Westlake, L.L.C. 50% Delaware Philip ST, Inc. (formerly Serv-Tech, Inc.) 100% Texas Philip Chemisolv Holdings, Inc. 100% Delaware Chemisolv Limited 100% United Kingdom Nutrisolv Ireland Ltd. 100% Not Available Philip Chemi-Solv, Inc. (formerly Chemi-Solv, Inc) 100% Texas DM Acquisition Corporation 100% Nevada Delta Maintenance, Inc. 100% Louisiana Dotspec Ltd. 100% Not Available Industrial Services Technologies, Inc. 100% Colorado Advanced Environmental Systems, Inc. 62% Colorado Advanced Energy Corporation 100% Colorado International Catalyst, Inc. 100% Colorado IST Holding Corp. 100% Colorado Chem-Fab, Inc. 100% Colorado Piping Holdings Corp. 100% Colorado Piping Companies, Inc. 100% Colorado Piping Mechanical Corp. 100% Colorado Hydro-Engineering & Service, Inc. 100% Colorado Mac-Tech, Inc. 100% Texas Serv-Tech de Mexico, S. de R.L. 95% Mexico Serv-Tech Mexicana, s. de R.L. 95% Mexico Petrochem Field Services de Venezuela, S.A. 70% Venezuela Philip Enterprise Service Corporation (formerly Enterprise Service Corporation) 100% North Carolina Philip Mechanical Services of Louisiana, Inc. (formerly American Mechanical Services, Inc.) 100% Louisiana Philip Refractory and Corrosion Corporation 100% Nevada 4 5 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction Advanced Refractory Services, Inc. 100% Nevada Casting Concepts, Inc. 100% Texas Hartney Corporation 100% Nevada Philip Refractory Services, Inc. 100% Nevada Advanced Refractory Services, Inc. 100% Nevada Casting Concepts, Inc. 100% Texas Hartney Corporation 100% Nevada Total Refractory Systems, Inc. 100% Nevada Turnaround Maintenance, Inc. 100% Nevada United Industrial Materials, Inc. 100% Nevada Philip ST Piping, Inc. (formerly ST Piping, Inc.) 100% Texas Philip Technical Services, Inc. (formerly Hill Technical Services, Inc.) 100% Texas Philip/SECO Industries, Inc. (formerly SECO Industries, Inc.) 100% Louisiana TIPCO Acquisition Corp. 100% Texas PRS Holding, Inc. 100% Texas Philip Petro Recovery Systems, Inc. (formerly Petro Recovery Systems, Inc.) 100% Texas Serv-Tech EPC, Inc. 100% Nevada Petrochem Field Services de Venezuela, S.A. 30% Venezuela Serv-Tech Construction and Maintenance, Inc. 100% Texas Serv-Tech Engineers, Inc. 100% Louisiana Philip F.C. Schaffer, Inc. (formerly F. C. Schaffer & Associates, Inc.) 100% Louisiana Serv-Tech Europe GMBH 100% Germany Refinery Maintenance International Limited 100% United Kingdom Serv-Tech International Sales, Inc. 100% Virgin Islands Serv-Tech of New Mexico, Inc. 100% New Mexico Serv-Tech Services, Inc. 100% Texas Serv-Tech Sudamericana, S.A. 98% Venezuela ServTech Canada, Inc. 100% Canada ST Delta Canada 100% Canada Terminal Technologies, Inc. 100% Texas RMF Global, Inc. (formerly Philip Environmental Services Acquisition Corporation) 100% Ohio RMF Industrial Contracting, Inc. 100% Michigan RMF Environmental, Inc. 100% Ohio Philip Metals (USA), Inc. 100% Ohio D & L, Inc. 100% Pennsylvania Intermetco US Inc. 100% Michigan Butco Inc. 100% New York Alltift Inc. 50% New York Intermetco USA Ltd. 100% New York Georgia Tubular Products, Inc. 100% Georgia JW Ventures Inc. 50% Texas 5 6 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction Pen Metals (Delaware), Inc. 100% Delaware Philip Metals (Delaware), Inc. 100% Delaware Intsel Southwest Limited Partnership 99% Connecticut Philip Metals Recovery (USA) Inc. (formerly Waxman Resources (USA) Inc.) 100% Arizona Philip Metals Inc. (formerly Philip Metals (Ohio), Inc.) 100% Ohio Philip Services (New York) Inc. 100% New York Philip Services (Pennsylvania), Inc. 100% Pennsylvania R&R Trucking Inc. 50% Ontario Sablix Inc. 100% Quebec Phencorp Reinsurance Company Inc. 100% Barbados Philip Analytical Services Corporation (formerly Barringer Laboratories Limited) 100% Ontario Philip Environmental (Atlantic) Limited 100% Nova Scotia Philip Environmental (Elmira) Inc. (formerly 1008746 Ontario Inc.) 100% Ontario Philip Environmental Services Limited (formerly Delsan Environmental Group Inc.) 100% Ontario Delsan Aim Environmental Services Inc. 50% Quebec Delsan Cleveland Environmental Services Inc. 50% Canada Delsan Demolition Limited (formerly Delsan Contracting Limited) 100% Ontario York Thomas Delsan Decommissioning Inc. 33% Ontario Philip Industries (Europe) Limited 100% United Kingdom Philip Industrial Services (Europe) Limited 100% United Kingdom Philip International Development Inc. 100% Barbados Philip Services Industriais do Brazil Ltda 99% Brazil Recycomb S.A. 24% Argentina Resicontrol S.A. 25% Brazil Philip Investment Corp. 100% Ontario Philip Plasma Metals Inc. 100% Ontario PSC (Europe) Limited 100% United Kingdom PSC/IML Acquisition Corp. 100% Not Available Philip Utilities Management Corporation 70% Ontario 1242204 Ontario Inc. 100% Ontario Philip Utilities Management (Delaware) Corporation 100% Delaware Allwaste/NAL, Inc. 100% Arizona CDM Philip Inc. 80% Washington Enviroganics of Texas, Inc. 100% Texas Madsen-Barr/Philip Utilities Management Corporation, Inc. (formerly AWI/Cirrus Acquisition, Inc.) 100% Delaware Philip Automated Management Controls, Inc. 100% Georgia Philip Utilities Management (Indiana) Corporation 100% Indiana Philip Utilities Management (Massachusetts) Corporation 100% Massachusetts Philip Utilities Management (Texas) Corporation 100% Texas Dittman-Merka Enterprises Inc. 51% Texas Southwest Utilities, Inc. 100% Texas Philip Utilities Management (Louisiana)Corporation 100% Louisiana Magnolia Construction Company, Inc. 100% Louisiana Rockcliffe Research Management Inc. 100% Canada 6 7 SUBSIDIARY LIST - as at March 1, 1998 Company Ownership Jurisdiction (formerly Radian Research Management) Thorburn Penny Limited 100% Ontario Trimax Environmental Services Inc. 100% Alberta Uniflo Utilities Management Corporation 100% Canada Construction et Pavage Nord Americain Ltee 51% Quebec Canarehab Inc. 100% Quebec Cormar Contracting Limited 100% Ontario Uniflo Pipeliners East Inc. 100% Ontario Uniflo Sewer Systems Inc. 100% Ontario Uniflow Drain Services, Inc. 100% Ontario Recyclage d'Aluminium Quebec Inc./Quebec Aluminium Recycling Inc. 100% Canada 7