Guides to pollution prevention: The mechanical equipment repair industry

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6902571

Commercial mechanical equipment repair services are covered under SIC 76 and include activities such as repair of boilers, commercial appliances, lawn mowers, refrigerators and air conditioners, electric motors, generators and transformers, among others. The guide describes the typical wastes generated during repairs, such as spent solvents, oils and rags, sand blasting materials, sump sludge, refrigerant, and scrap metals. Waste reduction options, including source reduction and recycling, are then identified. Suggestions for improved housekeeping, substitution of chlorinated solvent-based paints and degreasers with aqueous products, and recycling of solvents, refrigerants and scrap metal are some of the alternatives for waste reduction identified in the guide. To help repair shops determine opportunities for waste reduction at their own shops, the guide provides a set of worksheets which take the user step-by-step through an analysis of the on-site waste generating operations and the possibilities for minimizing each waste. The guide is also intended to be instructive to consultants who serve the industry and government agencies who regulate it.

• Research Organization: Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6902571
• Report Number(s): PB-93-121317/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-CO-0003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABSTRACTS
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AIR CONDITIONERS
APPLIANCES
BOILERS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COATINGS
CONSULTANTS
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC MOTORS
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT
ELEMENTS
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
FLUIDS
INDUSTRY
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MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS RECOVERY
METALS
MOTORS
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PAINTS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
PROCESSING
RECYCLING
REDUCTION
REFRIGERANTS
REFRIGERATORS
REPAIR
SAND
SCRAP
SCRAP METALS
SOLID WASTES
SOLVENTS
STORAGE
TRANSFORMERS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
WORKING FLUIDS