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This alternatives assessment service helps craft beverage manufacturers adopt safer cleaning and sanitizing strategies
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By Katie Daly
An analysis of safer options to F-gas refrigerants to mitigate PFAS pollution and climate change.
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Our findings of feasible alternatives to methylene chloride and other chemicals of high concern used in coating removal products.
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All rights to this report belong to the Toxics Use Reduction Institute. The
material may be duplicated with permission by contacting the Institute.
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Acushnet Rubber Company of New Bedford, Massachusetts is the first company in Massachusetts to
obtain certification in ISO 14001, an international standard for environmental management.
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The Toxics Use Reduction Institute at UMASS Lowell began the Wire and Cable Supply Chain
Initiative in early 2001. Participants included businesses throughout the entire supply-chain –
compounders, additive suppliers, extruders, OEMs, and recyclers.
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Inner-Tite Corporation replaced its existing parts degreasing equipment with two entirely enclosed
Forenta® degreasing units. The new degreasing equipment has reduced air emissions of
trichloroethylene (TCE) by 97% and will save the company over $12,000 annually in avoided chemical
purchases.
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The Academic Research program is a project of the Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI). The
program taps the research capabilities of the University of Massachusetts to advance the
investigation, development and evaluation of sustainable technologies that are environmentally,
occupationally and economically sound.
