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Newsletter 2006 issue 3 |
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Where's Your Waste—Summer of Solutions
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MnTAP intern Jonathon Schulz and Catherine Zimmer, MnTAP health care specialist, review HCMC’s outdated medications. |
Not enough time or money to work on solving waste-related problems? A MnTAP student intern might be able to do the legwork you need to justify changes at your facility. MnTAP sponsors college students to work full time for the summer at Minnesota businesses to research solutions to its specific waste-related challenges, such as:
- Energy use
- Defects
- Raw material use
- Scrap
- Water use
- Wastewater
- Solid or hazardous waste
- Air emissions, VOCs, HAPs
By participating in the MnTAP intern program, companies receive:
- A motivated college student with technical background and research skills, working full time at your facility for the summer.
- Technical guidance from a MnTAP technical specialist who will also help develop the project’s scope and oversee the student’s work.
- Human resources management: MnTAP recruits, hires and pays the student. We cover payroll and workers compensation.
In 2006, MnTAP interns helped seven companies save $74,800 by reducing seven million gallons of water, 24 pounds of pharmaceuticals, 400,000 kWh and 1,121 therms per year. Using the research of a MnTAP intern, Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) will save over $85,900 by reducing 380 pounds of pharmaceutical waste. Federal Cartridge/ATK will reduce water use by 6.7 million gallons, saving $28,500 annually.
Have an intern work on improving efficiency and reducing your facility’s waste this summer. Project proposal deadline is February 1, 2007. Contact Deb McKinley, intern program coordinator, at 612/624-4697. For more information see the Student Intern Program Web page.
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