Organization | • | Illinois Waste Management and Research Center | [X] |
| | 41: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This study was undertaken to determine whether use of recovered sediment as a growth media for garden vegetables promotes the bioaccumulation of undesirable elements in plant tissues. Five plant species, bean, broccoli, carrot, pepper, and tomato, were grown in pots containing either dewatered, aged sediment or a reference soil. Plant growth, development, and yield in the two soils were quantified. Edible and vegetative tissues from the plants were analyzed for 19 elements, including environmentally-important heavy metals and metalloids. Some plants grown in sediment showed a greater biomass and yield as compared to the Ag soil. Elemental analysis of the tissues revealed that only Zn and Mo were elements that were significantly greater in sediment-grown plants on a consistent basis. | | | | Date Created: | 12 07 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | RR-109 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000001336 Original UID: 1238 FIRST WORD: Metal | |
| 42: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | State agencies have had legal standing to sue for damages to the natural resources in their respective states for decades. Some state agencies have been active in pursuing settlements with responsible parties for damages resulting from releases of oil or hazardous materials into the environment. Other agencies are just beginning to explore how a program to deal with natural resource damages (NRD) cases might look. | | | | Date Created: | 07 28 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | RR-108 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000086 Original UID: 107 FIRST WORD: Natural | |
| 43: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | This study analyses the wastewater from nine of the most commonly used wetcleaning products to provide a broad overview of the characteristics of the effluent. | | | | Date Created: | 04 14 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | RR-106 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000089 Original UID: 110 FIRST WORD: Pollution | |
| 44: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Bibliography of resources on the topic of pollution prevention in the health care industry. | | | | Date Created: | 10 23 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | TN08-092 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000004378 Original UID: 4227 FIRST WORD: Selected | |
| 45: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | A facility's lighting and water usage are often overlooked by plant managers and facility engineers. They search for more obvious conservation opportunities in heating, air conditioning, compressed air, boilers, etc. Lights are overhead and taken for granted. Water is usually hidden inside equipment, fixtures, plumbing and walls or floors. Both of these resources often go unnoticed. This case study tells how the Waste Management and Research Center (WMRC) worked with Highland Machine to assess potential savings in common commodities such as lights and water. Armed with this knowledge, perhaps other companies and the general public can spawn change in the way they operate. | | | | Date Created: | 04 20 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | TN07-088 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000002524 Original UID: 2431 FIRST WORD: Shedding | |
| 46: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2007 April | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Compressed air costs your company real money, usually a substantial amount of money. Compressed air is often taken for granted as a necessary cost, and is often abused and wasted. This Fact Sheet is different in its approach and methodology. It will provide general, practical rule-of-thumb applications and recommendations. It will provide the user a simple worksheet to assist in identifying areas of opportunity that may exist at ones own facility. Once realizing this, the user may then seek additional assistance from a professional air management service provider who will assess the system and recommend equipment and determine costs. | | | | Date Created: | 04 20 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | TN07-087 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000002521 Original UID: 2428 FIRST WORD: The | |
| 47: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Metalworking fluids have a greater financial impact on a company than the purchase price alone. This is often called the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and has two components hidden costs and performance leverage - in addition to the fluid purchase price. Hidden costs arise from the fact that fluids must be managed, from purchasing and receiving, to plant floor clean-up, to waste treatment and disposal. Performance leverage results from fluids effects on process performance, from machine tool life to product scrap and rework. In this study, three plants using metalworking fluids were examined for fluid TCO. The techniques used in this study provide a relatively quick and inexpensive method for companies to estimate the TCO and performance leverage for their own metalworking fluids. | | | | Date Created: | 04 08 2004 | | | | Agency ID: | RR-105 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000103 Original UID: 124 FIRST WORD: Total | |
| 48: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Waste Management and Research Center estimated emissions from leaf blowers under three different policy scenarios for the Chicago metropolitan region: (1) a baseline that assumes no local ordinances have been enacted, (2) the adoption of an aggressive ordinance, which prohibits the use of leaf blowers between May 1 and September 30 and (3) the adoption of a moderate ordinance, which accelerates the purchase of low emission, gasoline powered leaf blowers. Under an aggressive policy scenario, VOC emissions from leaf blowers can be cut by over 64% from the baseline scenario. Under the moderate scenario, VOC emission will be reduced, but with diminishing effectiveness. For example, VOC emissions would be reduced by 7.3% from baseline in 2008 and only by 3.7% from baseline in 2009. The villages of Lake Bluff, Wilmette and Oak Park have enacted leaf blower restrictions. Wilmette prohibits the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers between May 15 and September 30 and restricts their use to 30 minutes on acre lots or smaller during the remainder of the year. The Wilmette ordinance closely resembles the aggressive policy. Oak Park prohibits the use of all gasoline powered leaf blowers from emanating more than 65 decibels or failing to satisfy the most stringent federal regulations between June 1 and October 1. The Oak Park ordinance closely resembles the moderate policy. The Lake Bluff ordinance prohibits the use of gasoline powered leaf blowers early in the evening and at night. The ordinance also prohibits the simultaneous use of more than one gasoline powered leaf blower on a lot during the summer. | | | | Date Created: | 02 06 2008 | | | | Agency ID: | TN08-093 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000006988 Original UID: 4673 FIRST WORD: VOC | |
| 49: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Annual report of activities for the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center. | | | | Date Created: | 11 07 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | AD07-034 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000006539 Original UID: 4554 FIRST WORD: WMRC | |
| 50: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2003 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Annual report of activities for the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center. | | | | Date Created: | 06 19 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | AD04-034 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000000087 Original UID: 108 FIRST WORD: WMRC | |
| 51: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2006 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Annual report of activities for the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center. The Waste Management and Research Center has been providingassistance to Illinois businesses and the public since 1985. WMRC is a nonregulatory service organization affiliated with the University of Illinois and is a division of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. | | | | Date Created: | 02 27 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000002049 Original UID: 1993 FIRST WORD: WMRC | |
| 52: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2005 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | 2005 Annual report of activities for the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center. | | | | Date Created: | 10 12 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000004084 Original UID: 3932 FIRST WORD: WMRC | |
| 53: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2004 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Annual report of activities for the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center. | | | | Date Created: | 10 12 2007 | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000004085 Original UID: 3931 FIRST WORD: WMRC | |
| 54: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Misunderstanding the true cost of utilizing raw materials such as water can frequently result in poor management choices regarding how the raw materials are used. Metal finishing operations are notorious for using large quantities of water in their processes. The common perception is that "water is cheap" so, it can be used liberally to ensure that work-pieces are adequately cleaned, rinsed and coated. While it may be true that the actual purchase of the water itself is relatively inexpensive, the cost to using the water within the processes may be considerably more expensive. A 2004 assessment performed by the Illinois Waste Management and Research Center on a major automotive assembly plants phosphating processes revealed that they perceived their water costs to be only $2.20 per 1,000 gallons (the cost to purchase water from the city). At this low cost, water was used liberally throughout the plant to ensure adequate quality of cleaning and coating processes. | | | | Date Created: | 12 04 2006 | | | | Agency ID: | TN07-086 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000001229 Original UID: 1142 FIRST WORD: Water | |
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