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ON-SITE WASTE INK RECYCLING
Citation:
Gavaskar, A., R. Olfenbuttel, AND J. Jones. ON-SITE WASTE INK RECYCLING. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-92/251.
Description:
Recycling ink has good potential as a way to reduce waste and promote long-term cost avings. he evaluation summarized here addresses the product quality, waste reduction nd economic issues involved in recycling printing ink in a facility such as THE ARFORD COURANT newspaper in Harford, CT. he specific unit evaluated is based on the technology of distillation and filtration. elected performance tests on the waste, recycled, and virgin inks determined product quality. he recycling unit achieved a ood product quality of recycled ink, and the recycled ink fared well in such aboratory tests as viscosity, grind, residue, tack, tinting strength, water content, and water pickup. ualified professionals, in comparisons with newspapers printed with irgin ink, favorably reviewed newspapers printed with recycled ink. nk and solvent hat would have gone to waste were recovered and reused. he resulting cost saving ave a payback period of about 10 years.