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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
Citation:
Fleischman, M., D. Collins, F. Kirsch, AND J. Maginn, Jr. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF INDUSTRIAL COATINGS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-92/028 (NTIS PB93123073).
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. aste 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). he WMAC team at the University of Louisville performed an assessment at a plant manufacturing industrial coatings -- approximately 2,700,000 gal/yr. he products are diversified, being made in batches of varying size to meet customer specifications. igments are milled as needed, and batches are prepared by controlled mixing of solvents, resins, pigments or dyes, and additives. he products are packaged in small containers, drums or tanker trucks, or held in bulk storage tanks. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that most waste occurred as solvent loss by evaporation and as residual solvent in emptied containers, and that the greatest savings could be obtained by fitting batch tanks with covers and submerged-filling tubes to reduce vapor losses and storing solvent drums on an incline to reduce residual solvent remaining in drums. his Research Brief was developed by the principal investigators and EPA's Ris Reduction Engineering Laboratory, Cincinnati, OH, to announce key findings of an research project that is fully documented in a separate report of the same title available from University City Science Center.
