Solvent Recycling- Waste Solvent Recycling Systems

Solvent recycling or solvent distillation is the preferred technology for recovery and reuse of waste solvents from varied industrial applications such as paint cleanup, parts cleaning, printing, etc. The recovery of solvent utilizing a solvent recovery system allows the user to drastically reduce the cost of purchasing and disposal. It also minimizes or eliminates the impact of hazardous material on employees and the surrounding community. The environmental impact on people and companies is important to the creation of a “good neighbor” profile which has major benefits to the community. Many companies consider recycling of their solvent waste streams simply for this reason. In almost all cases the financial recovery of dollars from recycling is the primary consideration in the purchase and use of a solvent recycling system. Many organizations find that the payback on the investment is less than a year making this decision easy to make.

Waste Solvent Recycling

Solvent recycling practices differ from one industry to another, however the bottom line interest is to recover the majority of reusable solvents and dispose of as little as possible. For some generators the added interest is to move to a conditionally exempt small quantity status which will minimize EPA oversight. This is a solution for only very small volume producers. For the larger generators the interest is to recover as close to 100% of the solvent in their waste stream, thus reducing the repurchase of new product to as small a quantity as possible.

Solvent Recycling System

Solvent recycling systems are fairly unique among tools in industry in that they do almost all the work on their own. About the only thing you need to do is fill the tank (either manually for small machines or automatically for large), turn on the machine and remove the solid material that is left after the process. In the case of large automated machines, even the waste is removed without manual intervention.