Waste-minimization assessment for a manufacturer of outdoor illuminated signs. Environmental research brief

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5115706

Kirsch, F W; Looby, G P

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. 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). The WMAC team at the University of Tennessee inspected a plant making large and small outdoor signs with the use of steel channels and sheeting, plastic sheeting, paint, adhesives, electrical wiring, and hardware. The team's report, detailing their findings and recommendations, identified the greatest opportunities to minimize waste in the painting, cleaning, and letter gluing operations. The greatest savings would result from the reactivation of an unused electrostatic paint spray system. The 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 the authors.

• Research Organization: University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5115706
• Report Number(s): PB-91-234500/XAB; CNN: EPA-R-814903
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ADHESIVES
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CLEANING
COATINGS
CONTROL
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINIMIZATION
PAINTS
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLASTICS
POLLUTION CONTROL
RECOMMENDATIONS
SYNTHETIC MATERIALS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES