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Powder Coating—Simpler and Smarter

Because MetoPoxy's powder coating booths were not meeting new environmental standards, it searched for the best solution. What it found was a booth that exceeded its environmental standards and more . . .

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Acid Recycling at Plating for Electronics

Saving money, streamlining production, reducing waste and improving worker safety were some of the goals Plating for Electronics aimed for when it started investigating diffusion dialysis...

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Metal Recovery and Wastewater Reduction Using Electrowinning

Merit Partnership pollution prevention project for finishers...

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Recycling Aqueous Cleaning Solutions

Using membrane filtration to recycle aqueous cleaning solutions...

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Plating Department Designs New Finishing Facility

The Plating Department at the Corpus Christi Army Depot designed a new finishing facility to help it meet new environmental regulations...

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sustainability

Zero-Discharge Recovery

Enviro-Chem recovers precious metals from industrial and commercial wastes...

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Powder Coating

Environmental Technology Verification Program

In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started the Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) program to verify the environmental performance of commercially available technologies through the evaluation of objective and quality-assured data.

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Elimination of Cadmium Cyanide Waste Treatment

It has long been a desire of the finishing industry to eliminate the potential liability of cadmium cyanide electrolytes for four reasons: Employee safety; Environmental concerns with the release of toxic substances; Regulatory compliance, avoidance of fines and legal action; and Costs associated with operating a cyanide destruct system such as chemical use, instrumentation maintenance and labor.

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Low-VOC Primers for the Finishing Industry

Meeting high-performance specifications and environmental regulations...

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In-Process Recycling: Myth or Reality?

Somewhere between plating and waste treatment is a process desired by a variety of industries...

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