Dear FOTers.
I sincerely hope that no one finds this to be a misuse of the FOT
list. But it is only Triumph related to the extent that it deals with a common
issues of automotive parts cleaning.
Our firm does market research for environmental companies. One of the
areas that we have been requested to do more research on is automotive parts
cleaning. The major environmental service companies like Safety Kleen, Heritage
- Crystal Clear, and others have intentionally avoided attempting to service
the hobby users and very small one-person shops (reason: not profitable). So
we are curious as to what the hobbyist and small shops have done to address
proper management of the spent solutions.
Based on thew shops that I personally utilize there seems to be a wide
ranging approach to management of these solutions. Since I know that some of
you would be in this categories of small shops and hobbyists, I would
sincerely appreciate receiving your feedback offline as to what you are
currently
utilizing to clean your parts and how you dispose of the dirty parts cleaning
solutions. Seems stores like Kragan and others collect waste oil, but really do
not separately collect the parts cleaning solutions (mixing some cleaning
solutions and waste oil is counterproductive to some recycling efforts).
I would also be interested in any feedback that you have to offer a
the aqueous (water based) and semi aqueous (mixture of water/organic solvents)
cleaning solutions compared to the older chlorinated organic chemicals .
Finally, is there any magazine or other resource that regularly
provides the hobbyist and shop owner with guidance on propoer management of
these
wastes?
Cary
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