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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF MILITARY FURNITURE
Citation:
Kirsch, F. AND G. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF MILITARY FURNITURE. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-92/017.
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 t selected universities and procedures were adapted from the EPA Haste Minimization Opportunity Assessment Manual (EPA/625/7-88/003, July 1988). he WMAC team at the University of Tennessee performed an assessment at a plant manufacturing military furniture - approximately 12,000 units per year. ood and formica are laminated together via glue curing and then undergo woodworking operations including cutting, drilling, and routing. Finished boards are either packaged and shipped or transported to assembly. etal stock is cleaned with solvent and then undergoes various metalworking operations. etal pieces re partially assembled, painted, then either packaged and shipped or transferred to assembly before being packaged and shipped. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that the majority of waste was generated during the painting Operations and that the greatest savings could be obtained by installing an electrostatic powder coating system to completely eliminate paint solvent evaporation, paint solids waste, nd paint-laden air filters. his Research Brief was developed by the principal Investigators and EPA's Risk Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, to announce key findings of an ongoing research project that is fully documented In a separate report of the same title available from the authors.