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Fleischman, M., P. Schmidt, D. Roberts, AND G. Looby. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BRIEF: POLLUTION PREVENTION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF AUTOMOTIVE BATTERY SEPARATORS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-95/011 (NTIS PB95274437), 1995.

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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. n an effort to assist these manufacturers Waste 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). hat document has been superseded by the Facility Pollution Prevention Guide (EPA/600/R-92/088, May 1992). he WMAC team at the University of Louisville performed an assessment at a plant that manufactures automotive battery separators. wo types of separators--polyethylene/silica sheet and vinyl rib--are produced. rocesses used in polyethylene/silica sheet production include blending, extruding, extraction, drying, and slitting. ixing, dipping, extrusion, and cutting are required in vinyl rib separator production. he team's report, detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that waste spill absorbents are generated in large quantities and at a significant waste management cost, and that waste reduction could result from using wringable, reusable absorbents. 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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