Industrial waste recycling at an automotive component manufacturing facility
- General Motors Corp., Flint, MI (United States). AC Rochester Div.
The AC Rochester Division of General Motors Corporation (GM) develops and manufacturers automotive components for engine management systems at nine facilities in the US. Its largest facility is located in flint, Michigan, and is known as the Flint East site. The Flint East site covers nearly two square miles and consists of several plants housing manufacturing operations for spark plugs, glow plugs, oil filters, air filters, air cleaner assemblies, fuel pumps, fuel level sensors, cruise control systems, and other components. The volume and diversity of the scrap and wastes generated from these operations require skillful waste management to provide environmentally safe and cost-effective disposal options. Over time, a full-scale recycling and waste disposal operation evolved at Flint East. The operation has grown over the past thirty years to handle over 68,000 tons of material annually. Flint East`s program is regarded as a model industrial waste reduction and recycling operation. Elements of the program are presented here as a guide to establishing a successful industrial recycling program.
- OSTI ID:
- 99377
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Industrial pollution prevention handbook; Freeman, H.M. [ed.] [Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, OH (United States)]; PB: 961 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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