While it is beyond the scope of this article to discuss issues such as global warming or water conservation,

KH. 19872507. The ability to easily solvent recycler in-house has developed over the past 20 odd years with the advent of batch stills. These solvent recycling units ranging in size from 2 gallons per batch up to equipment handling one hundred gallons per batch have made it cost effective for companies to consider replacing expensive service companies. In recent times even larger units have been developed which can work either stand alone or built into a process system to reduce or eliminate the needs for full time personnel to over see the operation.

While it is beyond the scope of this article to discuss issues such as global warming or water conservation, these and other environmental issues have taken center stage in the media. If your company already solvent recycler, taking advantage of your contribution to the well-being of the environment will make other companies want to do business with you. The trend of "going green" will stay around for a while. Other companies such as Wal-Mart and Starbucks ride their green reputations to profitability. Even if you are involved in the B2B community, other companies want to do business with companies that are seen as responsible

These solvent recyclers save money in two ways: by recycling used solvents for reuse and eliminating most (and sometimes all) of the expense of disposing of the hazardous waste. Although even the smallest solvent recyclers cost several thousand dollars, they can easily pay for themselves in a year or two. In the case of large scale continuous operation equipment, it may be surprising to learn that the payback can easily be justified in less than one year. In fact in certain process industries the equipment vendors recommend the purchase of a solvent recycler to defray the cost of the exceedingly expensive solvents required in their equipment. KH. 19872507