‘Climate Change’ Agenda Becomes Clear
It’s more about politics than saving the planet.
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Powder Palace
How a manufacturer of sporting goods turned its powder operation into the centerpiece of its plant to meet environmental guidelines and improve product quality
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ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT FOR LEASED BUILDING
Q: We are consolidating several plants into one location in order to improve our efficiencies and better serve our customers.
#sustainability #pollutioncontrol
Save the Dihydrogen Monoxide!
Ramping up water recycling in metal finishing
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Neutralizing pH
I am our facility’s environmental, health and safety manager. Periodically, we have very high-pH wastewaters that cause the pH within the cyanide oxidation step to be well above our desired upper limit of 11. Our operator has requested that we add sulfuric acid into the cyanide oxidation stage whenever the pH rises above 11. I am very concerned about the release of hydrogen cyanide if something goes wrong and the system accidentally drives the pH well below 7. Are there any safer acid substitutes?
#sustainability #medical #pollutioncontrol
Dissolve Filter Disposal Problems
EPS filter elements last longer, are easily recycled
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Plating Line Conversion
What impact would zinc nickel have on our wastewater treatment system? Are there any other environmental issues?
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Acid Nickel Recovery
I’m searching for a qualified supplier of an acid nickel recovery system for our plating rinse water.
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Greenhouse Games
Ten years ago, when the United States signed but then refused to ratify The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change—better known as the Kyoto Protocol, for the city in which it was negotiated—the U.S. was vilified as a bully, the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases that refused to even consider reducing its output.
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Pretreatments: The Next Generation
Emerging technologies can save energy, ease environmental concerns
#energy #pollutioncontrol #sustainability
Pretreatment Switch
Lowers energy costs, facilitates environmental compliance
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Five Principles of Lean Manufacturing from Toyota Production Systems
Fostering Sustainable business and People success through new ways of thinking
#sustainability #automotive
Reporting Lead
As the quality manager of a large job shop metal finishing facility and recent restructuring, I now have responsibility for environmental issues. While we knowingly do not purchase any lead or lead containing products, nonetheless, we know lead is present due to detectable concentrations found in our wastewater treatment filter press cake; lead is always non-detectable in our wastewater discharge. How do I better document whether or not I need to report for lead?
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Spent Bulbs as Hazwaste Part II
In your reply to DW in the January issues (“Spent Bulbs as Hazwaste”), you stated that New York and California mandates that all spent fluorescent bulbs are to be recycled no matter their mercury content. That statement is partially true. In New York there is an exemption for small businesses.
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Recycling Spent Bulbs Revisited
We have a wastewater pretreatment system that consists of several sumps and holding tanks. For level control, we use mercury float switches. Periodically, these go bad and have to be replaced. Since spent fluorescent lamps contain mercury and can’t be thrown into our regular trash, what do we do about these switches?
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Recycling Spent Bulbs
Now that we know we have mercury containing fluorescent bulbs, and we want to recycle them, what next?
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Pollution Control Technologies
Products and systems that can help finishers comply with environmental regulations
#sustainability #pollutioncontrol #regulation
Air Regs for Platers in the Works
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking the first step toward developing new air emissions standards for plating and polishing facilities.
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Building Powder Coating Equipment
Can you recommend a course of action for obtaining guidelines or blueprints for tanks, racks, booth (with powder collection/recycling) and oven?
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