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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BRIEF: WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF PRODUCT CARRIERS AND PRINTED LABELS
Citation:
Fleischman, M., F. Kirsh, AND G. Looby. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BRIEF: WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF PRODUCT CARRIERS AND PRINTED LABELS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-93/008 (NTIS PB94119914), 1993.
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 high density polyethylene product carriers and printed polystyrene packaging labels. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated the most waste was generated by the cleaning of printing presses and printing plates. everal opportunities for minimizing solvent waste were recommended to the plant. 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 University City Science Center.
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