Checklist

Materials Management and Inventory
- Manage inventory on a "first-in first-out" basis
- Minimize the amount of chemicals on the press floor at any time
- Centralize responsibility for storing and distributing chemicals
- Store chemicals in closed, clearly marked containers
- Use a pump to transfer chemical products from large to small containers
- Use squeeze bottles or plunger cans to apply a specified amount of blanket wash to shop towels
- Use smaller,reusable towels for as long as possible
- Store chemicals and used towels in closed containers
- Evaluate chemical alternatives
- Apply blanket wash only where necessary
- Use personal protective equipment
- Try increasing water dilution ratios
- Track chemical and material stock, use, and waste generation rates
- Segregate waste by waste stream
- Store waste and used towels in closed containers
Lithographic Printing Partnership:
Printing Industries of America
Graphic Arts Technical Foundation
The Environmental Conservation Board of the Graphic Communications Industry
The University of Tennessee,
and individual printers and suppliers.
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