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Article: Regulatory agencies seek industry counsel.(Washington Report)
- Article from:
- Graphic Arts Monthly
- Article date:
- December 1, 2004
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The printing industry submitted comments on to how to improve hazardous waste regulations to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which requested the feedback. The most common hazardous wastes generated by printing companies include cleaning solvents, some inks, silver from photo-processing waste, certain adhesives, shop towels, fluorescent and other mercury containing bulbs, and some electronic equipment.
Some of the key suggestions included rewriting the rules to make them more understandable, use of a common manifest for shipping wastes, simpler accumulation and storage requirements, clearer emergency response equipment location and procedures, and ...