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Table ES-1: Costs and Risks Trade-offs of Screen Reclamation Substitutes

System Evaluated		Cost/Screen	Cost/Facility	Risk Trade-offs
Baseline for Method 1 (Traditional System 4 - Haze Remover)		$3.63	$5,446	Clear concern for worker dermal risks and worker inhalation risks
Method 1: Chemical substitutes for ink removal and emulsion removal. No haze removal required.	Chi (no haze remover)	$1.95-2.83	$2,918-4,245	Moderate concern for worker dermal risks and very low concern for inhalation risks
	Beta	$7.97	$11,958
Baseline for All Other Methods (Traditional System 4)		$6.27	$9,399	Clear concern for worker dermal risks and worker inhalation risks
Method 2: Chemical substitutes for ink removal, emulsion removal and haze removal.	Alpha	$5.92-9.37	$8,886-14,062	Moderate concern for worker dermal risks and low concern for inhalation risks
	Chi	$3.25-3.89	$4,879-5,829
	Delta	$3.28-7.66	$4,917-11,489
	Epsilon	$3.08-5.29	$4,624-7,930
	Gamma	$5.06-5.61	$7,590-8,417
	Mu	$4.79-9.33	$7,185-13,997
	Phi	$6.10-7.82	$9,233-11,728
	Omicron-AE	$5.49-10.85	$8,240-16,278
	Omicron-AF	$3.89-4.45	$5,836-6,675
	Zeta	$5.39-8.99	$8,080-13,479
Method 3: Chemical substitutes for ink removal, degreasing and emulsion removal. No haze removal required.	Omicron	$5.57	$8,358	Moderate concern for worker dermal risks and very low concern for inhalation risks
Method 4: Technology substitute of screen disposal in lieu of reclamation.	Theta	$4.53	$6,797	Marginal concerns for worker dermal risks and very low concerns for worker inhalation risks
Technology Substitute	Automatic Screen Washer	$4.13-10.14	$6,198-15,213	Moderate concern for worker dermal risks and very low concern for inhalation risks
Work Practice Substitute	Screen Disposal	$49.43	$74,141	No risks associated with screen reclamation products

Note: Costs presented are normalized costs. Ranges are presented when there was more than one facility using the method and system in the performance demonstration.