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Nine Interns—Reducing Waste Across the State
MnTAP is hosting pollution prevention student intern projects at the following nine companies this summer:
- Advanced Web, Minneapolis—reduce scrap rate and the volume of waste paper produced.
- Arctic Cat, Thief River Falls—reduce energy use from the paint line, reduce phosphorus discharges in the wastewater and improve compressed air efficiency.
- Boise Cascade, International Falls—improve energy efficiency and conserve water by improving the compressed air system efficiency, improving steam system insulation and reducing water use.
- Cook Area Health Services, Cook—reduce pharmaceutical waste at its hospitals, medical clinics and nursing home.
- The Dotson Company, Mankato—reduce energy use by reusing process heat from casting iron.
- Greatbatch - Globe Tool, Minneapolis—reduce trichloroethylene (TCE) emissions from vapor degreasers.
- Kraft Foods Global, Inc., New Ulm—reduce water use by reclaiming water for reuse and reduce energy use by installing a condensing boiler-stack economizer and installing a heat recovery system on the ammonia gas compressor system.
- McLean Thermal/Hoffman Enclosures Inc., Champlin—improve operating efficiencies in the pre-paint/washer/conversion coating process lines by reducing cleaning chemical use, energy used by heated stages, and wastewater discharges.
- Olmsted Medical Center, Rochester—reduce use of hazardous chemicals and reduce number of chemicals used for cleaning and disinfecting.
MnTAP intern presentations
Mark your calendars to come hear how the 2007 MnTAP student interns helped their companies prevent pollution.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
University of Minnesota,
McNamara Alumni Center
Save your seat, RSVP to MnTAP at 612.624.1300 or 800.247.0015. For more information see the Student Intern Program Web page.
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