Finding a


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Recycled Sand


for Your Three case studies illustrate successful applications


for casting sand. AFS-FIRST, SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS AND SHANNON WETZEL, SENIOR EDITOR


Casting sand is compacted on site with a bulldozer like any other sand.


improve your environmental perfor- mance, reduce operating costs, create a positive image for your facility and reduce the need for virgin materials. However, setting up a program requires operational and financial planning. Before marketing spent sand and


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other byproducts, such as furnace slag and dusts, a metalcasting facility should know the materials’ properties and composition in order to clear any regulatory hurdles and locate potential end-users. In addition to U.S. Environ-


etting up a sand recy- cling program in your metalcasting facility can


mental Protection Agency (EPA) regu- latory requirements, most states have their own environmental management agency that sets rules and regulations for the use of recycled byproducts. In Indiana, for example, sands are tested and then categorized for acceptable reuse applications. Typically, these regulations require testing using some type of leachate procedure. Leachable metal content and a variety of organ- ics are typically built into each state’s protocol. Metalcasting facilities remain responsible for the material, cradle-to- grave, or as Mike Lenahan, president of Resource Recovery Corp., Coopersville,


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