NDLI: Cleaner Production Case Study in the Furniture Restoration Industry

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Cleaner Production Case Study in the Furniture Restoration Industry

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Preston, Uma
Copyright Year	2002
Abstract	South East Corrosion Control, a small business in the state’s South East applied to their local council to install a paint stripping bath for the purpose of stripping paint from furniture items. The solvent proposed was dichloromethane, DCM known commonly in the trade as “methylene chloride”. The development application was referred to the South Australian Environment Protection Authority, SA EPA for assessment. This paper provides an example of how as an environmental regulator the SA EPA occasionally employs fundamental chemical engineering techniques to assess environmental effects of a proposed activity then uses the information derived to determine whether the activity should proceed or not. In this particular case the proposed use of dichloromethane, DCM was judged as having potential to cause unacceptable air quality impacts. Consequently the small business involved took the initiative to investigate alternative solvents and ultimately modified their proposal, replacing DCM with a less volatile and less toxic solvent so that environmental impacts would be significantly reduced, cost and productivity benefits also resulted. The results of the work have led to further studies into the potential implications throughout South Australia and particularly Adelaide where similar users could also be causing unacceptable air quality impacts. Recommendations stemming from the findings of this work will be incorporated into an existing education campaign targeting small business on worker health and environment impact management.
File Format	PDF HTM / HTML
Alternate Webpage(s)	http://www.cape.canterbury.ac.nz/webdb/Apcche_Proceedings/APCChE/Data/968rev.pdf
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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