If you run a business, you must always try to upgrade it by all means. In today’s fast-paced world, where everything changes overnights, why should you stay behind? There’s a lot you can do to upscale your operations and improving the way your business works is the first and foremost step. In today’s blog, let’s go over how solvent-recycling equipment can speed up your industrial operations and help you save a lot!
A Brief Overview of Solvent Recycling Equipment
Many businesses find the term “recycling” to be a bit of a black box. Perhaps something that will cost them money but provide little real benefit. Recycling, on the other hand, is not only the right thing to do for your community and future generations; it is also often the most cost-effective option.
When it comes to installing solvent recycling equipment, your company can reduce waste disposal costs, save money on replacing virgin product purchases, and support your environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals, making your company more appealing to ESG investors. Furthermore, solvent recycling helps you reduce your environmental footprint by lowering greenhouse gas emissions and decreasing your reliance on new, limited resources.
Which Type of Solvents Can You Recover?
- Amines
- Alcohols
- Organic acid
- Hydrocarbons
- Halogenated solvents
- Aromatic solvents
- Ketones
- Esters
The key is to find the best solvent recycling equipment for your specific solvent and the best industrial operation to produce the purest and most profitable result.
What are Your Options for Solvent Recycling?
When it comes to solvents, you must ask yourself: Can I recycle this waste stream rather than send it for fuel blending? The answer is yes, for the solvents listed above and others not listed. There are several effective methods for recycling these types of solvents.
Beneficial Reuse – Also known as converting waste to product, this process involves taking your “waste,” matching its characteristics to potential solvent users and then selling it to those parties to use as a raw material during a manufacturing process.
Tolling – This process cleans your used solvent to your specifications before returning it to you to be reused in your own manufacturing process instead of a new, virgin solvent.
Reclamation – A third party accepts your spent solvents and cleans and reclaims them to their specifications before selling the recycled solvents to another company to replace virgin solvents in their operations.
On-site Installation– On-site recycling entails a third party installing and managing solvent recycling equipment within your manufacturing facility in order to prepare spent solvent for reuse while reducing transportation and disposal costs.
How to Take the First Step Toward a Better Waste Disposal Solution?
Examining your current operation closely is the first step in recycling solvents. How much-used solvent do you make? Is the volume high enough to make recycling profitable? Do you have enough room in your tank and warehouse to store your used solvent properly? What kinds of solvents do you use, and how much does it cost to recover them? What does the solvent cost after it is recycled?
You can consult industry esports who have the skills, knowledge, and experience necessary to assess your business, ascertain your options for solvent recycling, and then create a process that is specific to your facility.
Now that you have an overall idea, let’s go over the benefits of installing in-house solvent recycling equipment.
- Cost-Saving Abilities
Making money is ultimately the most crucial aspect of operating a business. Cutting costs wherever you can is one way to make sure you are maximizing your profits because your bottom line is everything.
If your company needs to be more efficient and eliminate pointless expenses, an on-site solvent recycler is an ideal solution.
- Quality Matters
There is hardly any discernible difference in quality between a product made from virgin resources and one that has been recycled thanks to the technological advancements in recycling processes.
The same holds true for solvents that have been recycled. Recent advancements in solvent recycling have made it possible for businesses to produce recycled solvent that is on par with or better than virgin solvent.
As you learned above, the decision is simple if it is significantly less expensive to recycle solvent on-site and the quality of the recycled solvent is the same or better.
- A Convenient Solution
When you have solvent recycling equipment installed on your job site, you can recycle solvent whenever you want. Make sure to choose recyclers that are very simple to use, requiring only about ten minutes of attention per day.
Simply connect the waste solvent barrels or totes to the distillation unit and then sit back and let our engineers and technicians monitor the distillation process for you. Their job is to ensure that your recycling unit is operating at peak efficiency, supplying you with the highest quality solvent.
- Reduced Liability
If you work with solvents, you’re probably familiar with the fact that you are ultimately responsible for any hazardous wastes you generate, from the time they are generated to the time they are disposed of.
If anything happens to your solvent waste during this period, whether it is spilled in an accident during the shipping process or leaks out of tanks that are being stored off-site waiting to be disposed of, your company is fully liable.
This is undoubtedly a terrifying thought that has kept many executives and managers awake at night. The shipping in and out of waste solvent is greatly reduced with on-site recyclers.
Conclusion
If you own a company that uses solvents in its daily operations, the only logical way to dispose of waste solvents is to recycle them with an on-site solvent recycler. On-site solvent recyclers have been in use for decades, but it has become increasingly clear that their numerous benefits cannot be overlooked.
To run a successful business in our ‘New Normal’ economic climate, where nothing is certain, practices that promote overall cost reduction are quite useful. On-site solvent recycling equipment truly shines in this situation.
About Solvent Waste Management
Since 1994, Solvent Waste Management, Inc. has assisted many companies in a variety of different industries not only improving their operations but also reducing costs.
Solvent Waste Management Inc. designs and manufactures solvent distillation equipment that cleans contaminated solvents, allowing users to restore and continuously reuse solvents – thereby saving money on the cost of disposal and the cost of new solvents.
Model SW8 Solvent Recovery System
Model SW30 Solvent Cleaning Machine
Model SW55 Solvent Recycler Machine
Model SW70 Solvent Recovery Equipment
Solvent Waste Management designs and manufactures solvent recycling equipment that cleans contaminated solvents in such a way that the customer can reclaim and reuse solvents again and again, thus saving on both the cost of solvent disposal and the cost of new materials.