Friday, December 26, 2008

Reducing waste and cost when it comes to solvents

There are some amazing things happening out there in the business world when it comes to recycling in the world of manufacturing. Until earlier today I had no idea that Solvent Recycling technology existed or that there were so many different types of machines made by a company named NexGen that specialized in this.

It makes sense not only from an environmental standpoint but a cost one, since it creates savings on new solvent purchases, with the recycled product being 99.9% of the purity levels of the virgin solvent. I also read some of the featured articles and learned quite a bit about how recycling solvents is used in a variety of industries from automotive to government, from those requiring only a few gallons of material recycled to hundreds of gallons. Ingenuity and technology working hand and hand...

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