P2: Auto Body Shop Recycling

Consider purchasing a solvent distillation unit.

Most commercial units are available in various sizes and pay for themselves in less than two years

• Reduces solvent purchases
• Reduces the amount of waste that has to be managed

Reclaim solvents through your hazardous waste handler.

• Contract with a solvent tank maintenance service to regularly service your tank and replace it with clean solvent.
• Spent solvents can be processed off site by a licensed solvent recycler and purchased back at a reduced cost.
• Waste exchanges may have listings for companies that will use the spent solvent as feedstock.

Recycle mercury-containing auto switches and receive cash back.

• Contact End of Life Vehicle Solutions (ELVS) to find out how to participate in Missouri.

Recycle tires.

• Some companies accept tires that they can retread or crumb into paving material or playground cover. See MDNR's Scrap Tire End-Users information.

Recycle waste oil – on site.

• An approved waste oil burner can offset your shops energy bills.

Recycle shop packaging.

• Other waste items of potential value include cardboard, wood pallets, shrink-wrap, and other packaging that constitutes up to 90% of body shops' solid waste stream.

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