Chemical Spill Controls Make Flint Ink Greener

Edited by the Printingtalk editorial team Jul 1, 2005

In preparing for the beginning of the required six-month trial of environmental standard ISO 14001, ink manufacturer Flint Schmidt asked Fosse Liquitrol to carry out one of its free site assessments.

In preparing for the beginning of the required six-month trial of environmental standard ISO 14001, ink manufacturer Flint Schmidt asked Fosse Liquitrol to carry out one of its free site assessments.

The work, in effect part of the Flint's ISO 14001 pre-assessment planning, brought to light a number of measures that would help to improve the Wolverhampton (UK) site's compliance with desired environmental standards.

As a result a number of Fosse Liquitrol Spillage Control measures have been employed at the site, where 10,000 tonnes of newspaper ink is produced each year.

Among the Fosse Liquitrol products introduced are the four-drum Spillpallets, IBC Spillpallets and Spillkits to provide emergency response capability.

The waste storage compound has also been relined following the free assessment, as the existing one was found to be vulnerable.

Keith Watts, special projects manager at Flint Schmidt in Wolverhampton, said: "The assessment done for us by Fosse Liquitrol has proved very useful in our work towards ISO 14001.

The report they produced was very helpful and we now hope to be able to commence our six-month trial at the end of this year." Since completion of the Wolverhampton assessment Fosse Liquitrol has been asked to carry out a similar exercise at another of Flint's UK plants.