Solvent Recovery and Waste Minimization Program

Most of manufacturing companies generate waste, whether it is in form of hazardous waste or non-hazardous waste. In order to prevent its product competitiveness and to become an environmental friendly company these waste should be minimized and should be treated appropriately, and correctly as well. Waste minimization can be achieved through the implementation of Waste Recovery System.

An example of waste which can be recovered is waste solvent. By using advanced Solvent Recovery System such as distillation unit, recycling solvents not only helps the environment, but can also result in substantial savings. In order that company can get optimum result from its waste minimization program, there are several considerations should be taken when buying waste solvent recyclers. These include;

- The easiness of its operation as well as option so that we can answer this question: “How easy is these units can be integrated into company’s production lines?”
- Payback period. The shorter is the better.
- Its size. Choose that suit with company’s unique need of cost effective solvent recyclers.
- The volume of usable solvent from the waste solvent mixture and its purity level. The higher is the better.

When Solvent Recovery already become company’s top management commitment and considerations stated above are included in company’s decision making when implementing waste minimization program, this will result in several benefits, such as helping company to protect the environment, improving company’s image, as well as saving costs and sustainable performance.

NexGen and My Business Friendly Environmental Management System Making Effort.

Dear Bloggers, or whoever you are, especially business people, as an internal auditor whose daily activities have a tight interrelatedness with environmental issues, as well as operational efficiency issues, I focus my efforts to help my company improving its efficiency while persistently comply with applicable legal requirements and with other requirements to which our company subscribes which relate to its environmental aspects. I named such an effort as “business friendly environmental management system making effort”.

My ultimate focus of effort is how to recycle waste solvent, since this material cost at my company is quite huge. According me, there should be any solvent recovery system at place if we want to be efficient. When we can recycle this material, we can reduce our cost significantly while persistently comply with environment management system-ISO 14001 we already implemented. That’s the main idea: “Solvent Recovery”.

To realize this effort, then I browsed the internet to search for information we needed. Dear Bloggers, when I typed “waste recovery system” at Google Search Engine, I found http://www.nexgenenviro.com on the first line of the first page among its non ads links. Then I clicked the website address where I finally found a lot of information about Nexgen Enviro, Inc. that provides high performance solvent recovery systems for use in manufacturing, production, and fabrication sites.

These are few key points I summarized from the site:

- NexGen’s solvent recyclers available in 12 models ranging in size from 2.6 gallon to 211 gallon.

- The volume of usable solvent from the mixture will normally approach 99.9% and reach purity levels equal to virgin product.

- Using versatile solvent distillation units, NexGen’s solvent recyclers have options such as automatic load of the dirty solvent, and residue discharge, as well as vacuum assist, and NexGen’s solvent recycling units are easily integrated into most production lines.

- NexGen can help us determine which solvent recyclers we will need in a cost effective manner.

- NexGen's solvent recycling systems are efficient, safe and versatile, and comply with regulatory guidelines and standards.

- NexGen's solvent recyclers typically have less than a one year payback.

Dear Bloggers, or whoever you are, especially business people, it’s nice to find such an informative, helpful site. This information will become my consideration when I propose my “business friendly environmental management system making effort” to my company’s top management in the short run. You can also find out more about these equipments by browsing its catalog or contacting NexGen at http://www.nexgenenviro.com. Have a nice browsing.