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ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BRIEF: WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF BASEBALL BATS AND GOLF CLUBS
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Fleischman, M., F. Kirsh, AND G. Looby. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH BRIEF: WASTE MINIMIZATION ASSESSMENT FOR A MANUFACTURER OF BASEBALL BATS AND GOLF CLUBS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/S-93/007 (NTIS PB94119930), 1993.
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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. 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 baseball bats and golf clubs -- approximately 1,500,000 bats/yr and 550,000 golf clubs/yr. o make the bats, wood billets are oven-dried and machined to a standard dimension. fter sanding they are branded and finished. he golf clubs are made by* finishing and assembling purchased heads and shafts. ast heads, forged heads, persimmon-wood heads and stainless steel shafts are used. he cast heads are ground and finished, then driven onto the shafts. he forged heads are bored for the shaft, ground, milled, polished, nickel-plated and pressed onto the shafts. he persimmon-wood heads are drilled for the shaft, fitted with a brass back plate and an aluminum soleplate, stained, finished and bonded to the shafts. rips, labels and shaft bands are applied to the shafts, which may be coated with polyurethane. he team's report detailing findings and recommendations, indicated that the most waste, other than rinse water discharged to the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and wood turnings which are sold, consists of scrap cardboard and paper from the shop and offices, and that the greatest savings, including new income, could be obtained by segregating the cardboard and paper wastes for sale to a local recycler.
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