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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF LABELS AND FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Citation:
Jendrucko, R. J., B. T. Hurst, AND G. P. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF LABELS AND FLEXIBLE PACKAGING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-95/004, 1995.
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 effort 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 That document has been superseded by the Facility Pollution Prevention Guide(EPA600/R-92/088, May 1992). The WMAC team at the University of Tennessee performed an assessment at a plant that manufactures printed labels and flexible packaging. Operations performed by this plant include printing cylinder plating, printing cylinder etching, printing plate production, printing, and extrusion-coating-laminating. The team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that waste solvents are generated in large quantities and that the greatest cost savings could be realized by installing a second distillation unit to recover solvents from ink solids.