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Cranston Print Works. 1995.

Print Works altered their wastewater pH adjustment process to eliminate the use of sulfuric acid. The company installed a jet aeration system with injected liquid carbon dioxide to replace the two 4,300-gallon sumps in which wastewater neutralization had previously taken place. This $115,000 project eliminated the annual use of 2.66 million ... Read More >>

Creating Safeground: Transitioning Western Massachusetts Parks to an Organic Land Care Management Plan

Crest Foam. 1997.

Crest Foam of Newburyport, Massachusetts recently embarked on an ambitious program to eliminate the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in the firm's polyurethane foam process. The company eliminated the use of 190,000 lbs./year of methylene chloride by installing an innovative foam manufacturing process called the "Cardio Process". The Ca ... Read More >>

Cupric Chloride Etch Regeneration. 1997

TURI Technical Report No. 45. Tri-Star Technologies, located in Methuen, Massachusetts, has one of the world's largest facilities offering in-house printed circuit board design, fabrication and assembly, from prototype through production volumes. Their state-of-the-art, 120,000 square foot facility provides a "one-stop shop" for a full range ... Read More >>

Cyanide Reduction in Bright Stripping Using an Electrolytic Process. 1994.

TURI Technical Report No. 18. The Robbins Company, located in Attleboro, Massachusetts is a manufacturer of recognition awards. The manufacturing process involves metal plating and finishing operations for producing emblematic jewelry. One process in the metal finishing operation, bright stripping; better known in the industry as "bombing"; ... Read More >>

Cyanide-based electroplating elimination. 1994.

TURI Technical Report No. 20. Eliminating cyanide processes generates many benefits. The removal of extremely toxic chemicals from the workplace, and the reduction in waste treatment costs are among the most notable. This investigation demonstrates the replacement of copper cyanide based processes with a commercially available copper elect ... Read More >>

Decision-Making Under TURA

Decision-making under TURA: Process Overview and Reference Guide. 2010. (Updated 2012)

TURI Methods & Policy Report No. 28. This document provides an overview of the Massachusetts TURA program’s decision-making process. It is designed as a reference guide for members of the Science Advisory Board, the Advisory Committee, and the Administrative Council. Read More >>

DEHP

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) Read More >>

DEHP Fact Sheet

Di (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) is the international standard plasticizer for otherwise rigid plastics such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC). DEHP provides excellent flexibility at reasonable cost, and is found in a multitude of industrial, commercial and consumer products. Read More >>

Delaware Valley Corporation. 2008.

In 2006, Delaware Valley Corporation installed an air-to-air heat exchanger at their Tewksbury facility to recover heat for both process and space heating from two of their natural gas-fired textile heat-setting ovens. It cost $27,000 to purchase and install the new system. The company expected about a one-year payback from savings in gas relat ... Read More >>

Delisted Chemicals - from 2010 Toxics Use Reporting Instructions, Appendix B

List of the chemicals that have been listed from TURA, taken from pages B-1 through B-3 of the 2010 Toxics Use Reduction Instructions Appendices at http://www.mass.gov/dep/toxics/approvals/turappen.pdf Read More >>

Demonstration of Printwise: a "near-zero" lithographic ink and blanket wash system. 1997.

TURI Technical Report No. 39. This report presents the results of a demonstration of the Printwise lithographic ink and water-based presswash printing system, designed to reduce emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to near-zero levels. The Printwise system employs vegetable oil-based ink containing a "solubility conversion mechanis ... Read More >>

Design for Environment

Design for Environment (DfE) is product and process design that targets improved environmental performance as well as functional performance, manufacturability, customer satisfaction, or other desirable trait. Read More >>

Design for Environment (DfE) - Making products green, really

An overview of the Design for Environment (DfE) concept of product design and development with examples from industry and what makes a product green, e.g., economic viability as well as environmentally sound. Presented by Mark Myles of Clark University on 2/26/11 for TURI. Read More >>

Designation of Higher & Lower Hazard Substances Fact Sheet. 2008.

Under the 2006 Amendments to the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act, the TURA Administrative Council has the authority to designate up to 10 higher hazard substances and up to 10 lower hazard substances per year. The goal of this provision is to help Massachusetts companies and communities focus their toxics use reduction efforts on those c ... Read More >>

Details on Selected Chemicals

Developing and Analyzing Lead-Free Soldering Processes for Printed Wiring Boards. 2000.

TURI Technical Report No. 52. Researchers on this project formed an industry-led "UMASS Lead-Free Consortium" (the Consortium) of local and national companies to evaluate various emerging alternatives to lead-based solders and finishes. The consortium members donated expertise, time, materials and equipment to this project. The various alternat ... Read More >>

Development and Testing of Biosurfactants in Aqueous Metal Cleaning Applications. 1997

Two biosynthesized surfactants were studied in this project; emulsan and sophorolipid. A number of studies and patents have shown emulsan to be an effective emulsifier of oily substances, initially in emulsifying oily residues in oil transport ship hulls and later in personal care products. Sophorolipid has good surface tension-lowering prop ... Read More >>

Diffusion Dialysis and Acid Recovery in Metal Operations. 2001.

TURI Technical Report No. 49. Acid baths are used within the electronics and metalworking and plating industries for a variety of metal etching and stripping processes. The bath removes unwanted substances such as metals from a product. These substances are then trapped within the bath usually in a dissolved state. With each use, the concent ... Read More >>

Dimethylformamide

Dimethylformamide Fact Sheet

A potential carcinogen, dimethylformamide (DMF) has come under increasing regulatory scrutiny. Manufacturers use DMF as a solvent in a variety of applications, including the production of electronic components, pharmaceutical products, textile coatings, and urethanes. In Massachusetts DMF use declined slightly by 6% between 1995 and 1997, with ... Read More >>