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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDER MANUFACTURING (EPA/600/S-95/007)
Citation:
Fleischman, M., L. Jarrett, C. Hansen, AND G. P. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING CYLINDER MANUFACTURING (EPA/600/S-95/007). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 1995.
Description:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has funded a pilot project ot 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 That document has been superseded by the Facility Pollution Prevention Guide (EPA/600/R-92/088, May 1992). The WMAC team at the University of Louisville perfromed an assessment at a plant that manufactures rotogravure printing cylinders from new stock and customer returns. Used cylinders and new cylinders undergo surface preparation, plating, and image transfer operations. The team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that process wastewater and wastewater treatment sludge are generated in large quantities and that significant cost savings could be realized by recovering plating chemicals from wastewater