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Clean Production In Action: Assessing Alternatives for Materials and Products

Oveview of methods for clean production that include four product design areas to aid in toxics use reduction, with available tools and MA state aid programs for assistance: 1) Design for the Environment, 2) Green Chemistry, 3) Green Engineering, 4) Alternatives Assessment. Presented by Pam Eliason of TURI at the 2009 Toxics Action Center (TA ... Read More >>

Cleaner Technology Demonstration Sites Program Summary of Events In 2002

Cleaning urethane, ink and paint manufacturing vessels. 1997.

In 1995, Raffi and Swanson, Inc. received a $20,000 grant from the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI) to examine alternatives to toxic solvents in the company’s cleaning operations. Raffi and Swanson set a project goal of reducing chemical use and byproducts from these cleaning operations by 50%. Raffi and Swanson met this g ... Read More >>

Closed Loop Aqueous Cleaning of Mechanical Parts, Lockheed Martin Defense Systems, 1996.

TURI Technical Report No. 33. As part of Lockheed Martin Defense Systems' continued commitment to good corporate citizenship, they have reduced their use of ozone depleting compounds from 125 tons per year to less than two tons per year by installing nine aqueous-based cleaning systems. Read More >>

Closed Loop Aqueous Cleaning. 1995.

TURI Technical Report No. 29. This report serves as an introductory guide to closed loop aqueous cleaning for metal parts and electronics components. It includes three short case studies from the metal finishing and manufacturing sectors. Read More >>

Coated Wire and Cable

TUR opportunities for the coated wire and cable supply chain Read More >>

Columbia Manufacturing, Inc. 2005.

Columbia Manufacturing Inc. in Westfield, Massachusetts eliminated the use of 150,000 gallons of water per day in their plating operations. Columbia saved $80,000 in sewer fees, among other cost savings, by upgrading the plating equipment and integrating a zero discharge wastewater treatment system. The new, efficient plating line enables the c ... Read More >>

Community leaders making Massachusetts safer and healthier

TURI community grant project leaders have educated and empowered the public, municipal departments, small businesses, trade associations and environmental and community organizations about the dangers of toxic chemicals and the benefits of safer products. Read More >>

Community Strategies for Toxics Use Reduction, Pittsfield

A Project of the Center For Ecological Technology, 2003 Read More >>

Compressed Air System

Texas Instruments energy efficiency case study Read More >>

Consumer guide to professional wet cleaning

What consumers need to know about wet cleaning -- a safer alternative to dry cleaning Read More >>

Cook - Process water re-use and efficiency

Corrosion Protection for the DoD

Outline of Department of Defense's unique compliance and pollution prevention programs for environmental coatings, without a loss of readiness or operability. Presented by B. Shaw of Corrpro Industries. Read More >>

Coyne Textile Services. 2002.

Coyne Textile Services, an industrial laundry service, used simple but effective toxics use reduction techniques that resulted in reductions of over 19,000 pounds of chemicals and conservation of 2 million gallons of water. This translates into over $25,000 in savings from the reduction of chemical use and wash loads, plus additional savings fr ... Read More >>

Crane and Company, Inc. 2003.

Crane & Company, Inc. reduced the use of sulfuric acid by approximately 697,000 lbs and sodium hypochlorite by 576,000 lbs between 1999 and 2000, a combined reduction of about 46%. The company achieved these reductions by modifying the process chemistry for the re-pulping of off-specification papers. The sulfuric acid was replaced with an innov ... Read More >>

Cranston Print Works, Inc. -- Water Conservation. 2003.

An employee-owned company, Cranston Print Works Co. (CPW) achieved annual savings of over 110 million gallons of water and over $350,000 in costs by implementing 25 water conservation projects. These savings are attributed to the CPW's Water Conservation Team, which was formed in response to the company's commitment to continuous quality improv ... Read More >>