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POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF OUTBOARD MOTORS (EPA/600/S-95/018)
Citation:
Jendrucko, R. J., T. N. Coleman, AND G. P. Looby. POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF OUTBOARD MOTORS (EPA/600/S-95/018). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 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. 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 That document has been superseded by the Facility Pollution Prevention (EPA/600/R-92/088, May 1992). The WMAC team at the University of Tennessee performed an assessment at a plant that manufactures outboard motors for water craft. Three basic subunits received from other manufacturing plants undergo primarily painting and assembly operations in order to produce the final product. The team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that paint overspray waste and spent clean-up solvent are generated in large quantities and that significant cost savings could be achieved by installing robotic paint application equipment.