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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF COATED PARTS
Citation:
Edwards, H. W., M. F. Kostrzewa, AND G. P. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF COATED PARTS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-94/014, 1994.
Description:
The U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has funded a pilot project to assist small and medium-size manufacturers who want to minimize their generation of waste but who lack the expertise to do so. In an effeort to assist these manufacturers, Waste Minimization Assessment Centers (WMACs) were established at selected universities, and procedures were adapted from the EPA Waste Minimization Opportunity Assessment Manual (EPA/625-7-88-003, July 1988). That document has been superseded by the Facility Pollution Prevention Guide (EPA/600/R-92/088, May 1992). The WMAC team at Colorado State University performed an assessment at a plant that produces specialty coated parts--approximately one million per year. Special-purpose coatings such as chromate conversion, zinc phosphating, and paint are applied to customer-supplied aluminum steel, and plastic parts. The team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that rinse water is the waste stream generated in the greatest quantity and that significant waste reduction could be achieved by redirecting the effluent from one rinse to another.