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WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS
Citation:
Kirsch, F. AND G. Looby. WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF ALUMINUM EXTRUSIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-92/010.
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 hazardous waste but who lack the expertise to do so. aste Minimization Assessment Centers (WMACs) are established at 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 Louisville performed an assessment at a plant manufacturing aluminum extrusions -- over 10 million lb/yr. luminum parts are extruded and tempered followed by electrostatic painting, anodizing, or shipping. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that the most waste was generated by the painting process and hat the greatest savings could be obtained by replacing the currently used paints with electrostatic powder coatings. his Research Brief was developed by the principal Investigators and EPA's Risk eduction 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.