Case Studies by Sector/Industry

Auto Services

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

Coating and Painting

• Gerry Wood Products
  Alternative Coating to Reduce VOC Emissions From Lacquer Coating Operations [PDF 103KB]
• Newco Incorporated
  Replacing solvent-based paints with powder paints [PDF 115KB]

Dry Cleaning

• Spic-N-Span
  Equipment Improvement Cuts Drycleaning VOC Emissions by 80% [PDF 102KB] (Note - In this case, perc use was preferable to high-VOC solvent use.)

Electric Power

• City of Manitowoc WW Treatment Facility
  Phosphorus Reduction Program [PDF 107KB]
• Grand Chute Menasha West Sewerage Commission
  Auto-thermal aerobic digestion system [PDF 109KB]
  Ultraviolet Disinfection System [PDF 109KB]

Fabricated Metal

• Snap-on Tools
  Recycle a rinse water stream using ultrafiltration and ion exchange [PDF 104KB]

Food Processing

• Frigo Cheese Corporation
  Salt Whey Recovery/Reuse by Evaporation [PDF 104KB]
• Hillshire Farm & Kahn's
  Eliminating the Use of Freon and Solvents [PDF 103KB]

Health Services

• William S. Middleton Memorial Veteran's Hospital
  Elimination of Infectious Waste Stream and Improved Operating Efficiencies of the Medical Waste Incinerator [PDF 106KB]

Industrial Machinery & Equipment

• John Deere Horicon Works
  Reusable shipping containers [PDF 103KB]
• Falk Corporation
  Substituting Oil Quench w/Water-Polymer Solution in Heat-Treat Pit Carbonizing Operation [PDF 104KB]

Mercury

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

Petroleum and Coal Products

• Dome Petroleum
  Installation of rupture disks to prevent VOC air emissions [PDF 170KB]

Printing Services

• Environmental Regulatory Guide for Small - Medium Lithographic Printers in Wisconsin (exit DNR (PDF))
• Consolidated Papers, Inc
  Chlorine Reduction in Kraft Bleaching Process [PDF 114KB]
• 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]

Wood Products

• Gerry Wood Products Company
  Alternative coating to reduce volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions from lacquer coating operations [PDF 103KB]
• Larson Juhl, Inc.
  Reduction of hazardous waste paints through machine modification & product scheduling strategies [PDF 106KB]
• Shuttery of Nanik, The
  Conversion from solvent to waterborne coatings for wood finishing [PDF 115KB]