Case Studies by Process

Setting up a Company Program

• Case Corporation
  The Pollution Prevention Score [PDF 38KB]
• Fort McCoy
  A Comprehensive Environmental Management Program to Minimize and Prevent Waste [PDF 124KB]

Coating & Painting

• Gerry Wood Products Company
  Alternative coating to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from lacquer coating operations [PDF 103KB]
• Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC)
  Substitution for Chromate Conversion [PDF 105KB]
• Shuttery of Nanik, The
  Conversion from solvent to waterborne coatings for wood finishing [PDF 115KB]

Dry Cleaning Industry

• Spic-N-Span
  Equipment Improvement Cuts Drycleaning VOC Emissions by 80% [PDF 102KB]

Fabricated Metal Products

• Snap-on Tools
  Recycling a Rinsewater Stream Using Ultrafiltration and Ion Exchange [PDF 104KB]

Food Products

• Frigo Cheese Corporation
  Salt Whey Recovery/Reuse by Evaporation [PDF 104KB]

Furniture

• Larson Juhl, Inc
  Reduction of Hazardous Paint Wastes through Machine Modification and Product Scheduling Strategies [PDF 106KB]
• Shuttery of Nanik, The
  Conversion from solvent to waterborne coatings for wood finishing [PDF 115KB]

Industrial Machinery and Equipment

• John Deere Horicon Manufacturing Operations
  Envirocrate^® - Reusable Shipping Containers [PDF 103KB]

Mercury

• Mercury Waste Solutions, Inc
  Recycling Mercury Waste through a Collection Program Partnership [PDF 107KB]

Paper and Allied Products

• Consolidated Papers, Inc
  Chlorine Reduction in Kraft Bleaching Process [PDF 114KB]

Parts and Cleaning

• Broadway of Green Bay
  Replacing Acetone Solvent with an Aqueous Parts Cleaner [PDF 103KB]
• Case Corporation
  Eliminating the Use of a Vapor Degreaser Containing 1,1,1-Trichloroethane [PDF 15KB]
  Replacing Solvent Cleaners with a CO₂ Pelletizer-Blasting Unit [PDF 44KB]
• Farnam Sealing Systems Division (Coltec Industries)
  Substituting methylene chloride with a less toxic substance [PDF 103KB]
• Gehl Company
  Using Plastic Media Blasting to Strip Paint from Parts [PDF 13KB]
• Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC)
  Elimination of Methylene Chloride Usage [PDF 15KB]
• Parker Pen USA, Ltd
  Apply total quality management (TQM) techniques to reduce solvent usage [PDF 112KB]

Petroleum

• Dome Petroleum
  Installation of Rupture Disks to Prevent Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Air Emissions [PDF 170KB]

Printing and Publishing

• Quad/Graphics, Inc
  Solvent Recovery System for Ink Jet Printing Operations [PDF 115KB]
• Terry Printing
  Reduction of VOC Emissions Through Substitution of Petroleum-based Inks With an Ink Derived from Soybeans [PDF 103KB]

Vehicle Maintenance Industry

• Broadway of Green Bay
  Replacing Acetone Solvent with an Aqueous Parts Cleaner [PDF 103KB]
  Installation of a Dry Downdraft Booth for Auto Painting [PDF 104KB]

Wastewater Treatment

• City of Manitowoc Wastewater Treatment Facility
  Phosphorus reduction program [PDF 107KB]
• Grand Chute Menasha West Sewerage Commission
  Auto-termal aerobic digestion system [PDF 109KB]
  Ultraviolet Disinfection System [PDF 109KB]