| Business owners are constantly looking for new | | | | being expended for a service company. In general, |
| areas of operation that can be trimmed of "fat" to | | | | in-house solvent recovery should provide 99+% |
| save expenses. One area often overlooked is the | | | | recovery of the solvent portion of a waste stream. |
| disposal cost of hazardous waste from operations. | | | | This is significant when you realize that you are |
| With oil prices surging worldwide, management has | | | | buying this product over and over again and paying |
| begun to look more closely at the costs associated | | | | for its disposal at the same time! In addition service |
| with the purchase of solvents (chemicals) and their | | | | company costs for disposal never go down, they |
| subsequent disposal after use. It is becoming clear | | | | increase with time. Since most chemicals are oil based |
| that there is a major potential for savings in how | | | | products, they also always become more expensive. |
| these "waste" streams are handled. | | | | In-house solvent recovery is a smart alternative for |
| Purchasing an appropriate solvent recovery system is | | | | any executive who is looking for new ways to make |
| much less daunting a task then it had been in the | | | | the business more efficient and save money at the |
| past. Companies have fully automated solutions which | | | | same time. |
| don't require full time personnel to operate. In | | | | In today's difficult business environment where every |
| addition, there are machines available from small, | | | | dollar saved is vital, in-house solvent recovery is a |
| entry level volumes as small as 2 gallon batches, to | | | | potential source of real dollar savings. Management |
| units which will recover hundreds to thousands of | | | | need only take a few minutes to determine the |
| gallons per day and remain simple to operate. These | | | | viability of an in-house waste reduction program |
| solutions are providing companies with cost saving | | | | through solvent recovery. The secondary benefit is |
| solutions to reduce their hazardous waste disposal | | | | the "good neighbor" tag that accrues to the |
| problems with equipment that in many cases has a | | | | organization by becoming a "Green" operation through |
| less than one year payback. In addition this | | | | in-house solvent recovery. State and Federal EPA |
| equipment may be eligible for government tax credits | | | | departments look fondly on the growth of this |
| for environmental purchases. | | | | technology since it reduces the transport of |
| Virtually every industry imaginable is a candidate for | | | | hazardous materials on the countries highways and |
| solvent recovery equipment. The obvious industries | | | | thus reduces the liability for potential spills or |
| are those who use solvents for paint cleanup or | | | | accidents. |
| parts cleaning for example. In reality almost every | | | | There are a number of viable providers of solvent |
| industry uses some chemicals for cleaning or in the | | | | recovery equipment in today's market. An interested |
| manufacturing process. The key to the benefit of | | | | company need only to go online and search for any |
| in-house solvent recovery is matching the correctly | | | | of the "key words" like solvent recycling, solvent |
| sized still with the volume of waste chemicals being | | | | distillation, solvent recovery, etc. to come up with an |
| produced. Once this is correctly assessed the | | | | appropriate list to consider. These providers will be |
| payback for purchasing equipment is generally easily | | | | more than happy to discuss in-house recycling and it's |
| determined. By tallying the cost of disposal and the | | | | benefits as an alternative to service company costs. |
| cost of replacement, the user can easily see what is | | | | |