sustainability
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.
Read MoreRecycling 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?
Read MoreRecycling Spent Bulbs
Now that we know we have mercury containing fluorescent bulbs, and we want to recycle them, what next?
Read MorePollution Control Technologies
Products and systems that can help finishers comply with environmental regulations
Read MoreAir 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.
Read MoreBuilding 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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Powder Coating Expands Its Coverage in the 21st Century
Powder coating remains the fastest growing industrial finishing method in North America, currently representing about 15 percent of the total market. About 5,000 industrial finishers in North America apply powder to a countless array of products for a high quality and durable finish, resisting scratches, corrosion, abrasion, chemicals and detergents. The powder coating process also maximizes production, cuts costs, improves efficiency and offers maximum compliance with environmental regulations.
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Vanadate Conversion Coatings: Alternative to Phosphate?
Emerging pretreatment technology can reduce energy consumption and environmental concerns.
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RoHS and ELV Compliant Electroless Nickel
Over the past few years, a number of new environmental directives have come out of Europe and Asia encompassing mainly the automotive and electronics industries.
Read MoreOil SPCC Plan
While the oil spill was contained and caused little environmental damage, our newspaper reported yesterday that the facility was fined for failure to have an Oil SPCC plan. I never heard of this regulation.
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