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Source: 1 – “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Industrial Laundries Point Source Category; Proposed Rule”, Federal Register, Wednesday, December 17, 1997, Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 441.
Source: 2 – “A Comparison from the Environmental Impacts from the Disposable Wipers and Rental Wipers”, Lockheed Martin Environmental Services.
Source: 3 – “Environmental Assessment of Shop Towel Usage in the Automotive and Printing Industries”, Lockheed Martin Environmental Services.
Source: 4 – “Disposables Versus Reusables: The Facts About Wiper Management”, Tom Herod.
Source: 5 – “Evaluation of Potential Exposure to Metals in Laundered Shop Towels”, Gradient Corporation, International Nonwovens Journal, Winter 2003, http://www.inda.org/subscrip/index.html.
Source: 6 – Los Angeles Sentinel, March 4-10, 2004, Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D. and Mervyn Dymally, Assemblyman.
Source: 7 – “Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia Listing”, National Park Service - Nature & Science, U.S. Department of the Interior, http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/list.cfm.
Choose the Right Wiper!
Industrial Wiper Information
For Further Information
- Toxic Towel Link http://www.inda.org/toxictowels/index.html
Gradient Corporation Study on Rental Shop Towels
- http://www.inda.org/subscrip/inj03_4/p22-37-beyer.pdf
Additional Resources:
- EPA HOTLINE: 1-800-424-9346
- EPA WEBSITE: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/hotline
- State Solid Waste Agency
- County Waste Management Office
- Solid/Hazardous Waste by State http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/stateweb/htm
- Office of Solid Waste http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/
This brochure was prepared by INDA and SMART, and no individual member company has total or sole responsibility or information contained herein.
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Source: 1 – “Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Pretreatment Standards for the Industrial Laundries Point Source Category; Proposed Rule”, Federal Register, Wednesday, December 17, 1997, Part II Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR Part 441.
Source: 2 – “A Comparison from the Environmental Impacts from the Disposable Wipers and Rental Wipers”, Lockheed Martin Environmental Services.
Source: 3 – “Environmental Assessment of Shop Towel Usage in the Automotive and Printing Industries”, Lockheed Martin Environmental Services.
Source: 4 – “Disposables Versus Reusables: The Facts About Wiper Management”, Tom Herod.
Source: 5 – “Evaluation of Potential Exposure to Metals in Laundered Shop Towels”, Gradient Corporation, International Nonwovens Journal, Winter 2003, http://www.inda.org/subscrip/index.html.
Source: 6 – Los Angeles Sentinel, March 4-10, 2004, Kwaku Person-Lynn, Ph.D. and Mervyn Dymally, Assemblyman.
Source: 7 – “Environmental Contaminants Encyclopedia Listing”, National Park Service - Nature & Science, U.S. Department of the Interior, http://www.nature.nps.gov/hazardssafety/toxic/list.cfm.
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