Reviewed Printing-Pre-press Operations Options
Options below have reviewed by pollution prevention specialists. They are commonly recommended and implemented
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Use Chemical Substitutes for photographic films |
A non-silver substitute may be an option. |
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Use Electronic Imaging that has Editing Capabiliti |
Use electronic imaging to reduce multiple steps involved in photodeveloping |
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Implement a Chemical Inventory Program |
Track inventory to utilize photodeveloping chemicals, paper, and film before their expiration. |
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Change Operational and Work Practices |
Implement changes to reduce chemical use in spent chemical and heavy metal recovery and recycling. Some possible steps towards this goal include: reducing chemical bath contamination, counter current washing, filtrating screen making wastewaters to remove particulates, recycling plates and plate materials, or returning plate materials to the manufacturer or to a metal recoverer.
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Use Alternative Chemicals |
Eliminate the need for pretreatment if wastewaters are being discharged into the sewer by using water-developed lithographic plates and film instead of solvents in processing. |
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Substitute bleaches |
Substitute Iron-EDTA bleaches for ferrocyanide bleaches
This modification may eliminate particular treatments and disposal requirements
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Use a washless processing system |
Implementing this technology is expensive, but will reduce wastewater by as much as 97%
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