On-site waste ink recycling: Technology evaluation report

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6735504

Gavaskar, A R; Olfenbuttel, R F; Jones, J A

Recycling ink has good potential as a way to reduce waste and promote long-term cost savings. The evaluation summarized here addresses the product quality, waste reduction, and economic issues involved in recycling printing ink in a facility such as The Hartford Courant newspaper in Hartford, CT. The specific unit evaluated is based on the technology of distillation and filtration. Selected performance tests on the waste, recycled, and virgin inks determined product quality. The recycling unit achieved a good product quality of recycled ink, and the recycled ink fared well in such laboratory tests as viscosity, grind, residue, tack, tinting strength, water content, and water pickup. Qualified professionals, in comparisons with newspapers printed with virgin ink, favorably reviewed newspapers printed with recycled ink. Ink and solvent that would have gone to waste were recovered and reused. The resulting cost saving gave a payback period of about 10 years.

• Research Organization: Battelle, Columbus, OH (United States)
• OSTI ID: 6735504
• Report Number(s): PB-93-141026/XAB; CNN: EPA-68-CO-0003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
INKS
RECYCLING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
DISTILLATION
FILTRATION
MINIMIZATION
PAYBACK PERIOD
PERFORMANCE TESTING
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
VISCOSITY
WATER
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ECONOMICS
EVALUATION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TESTING
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