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02 Nov 99 - reusable oil filters; hospital guide; printers; Seattle reuse directory ** WASTE PREVENTION FORUM ** -- A project of the National Waste Prevention Coalition -------- Forum archive: http://www.reuses.com/nwpcarchive ------------------- >From Tom Watson, Waste Prevention Forum moderator: REUSABLE OIL FILTERS An effort is underway to encourage major automakers to begin using "take-apart spin on" (TASO) oil filters in their cars. The TASO oil filter has a cartridge design with a reusable casing, which means that solid waste is reduced significantly, compared with the traditional spin-on filter. TASO proponents also say that because it can be easily disassembled, it allows better access to the used motor oil trapped inside, so that the oil can be more easily recycled. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published a Life Cycle Management Case Study by the Chrysler Corporation, comparing TASO oil filters with a competing design, an all-plastic oil filter. This case study, which unfortunately is not dated, is on the Internet at: http://www.p2pays.org/ref/02/01311.htm/ Rob Arner, solid waste program manager for the Northern Virginia Planning District Commission in Annandale, VA, is active in the effort to encourage major automakers to adopt the TASO oil filter. For more information, contact Rob at: rarner [A T] shentel [D O T] net -------------------- >From Kinley Deller, King County Solid Waste Division, Seattle, WA: HOSPITAL PURCHASING GUIDE READY FOR REVIEW The Environmentally Preferable Purchasing workgroup of Hospitals for a Healthy Environment is in the process of developing a succinct guide (which will eventually be part of a larger Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Guide) to assist hospitals in implementing environmentally preferable purchasing. We are looking for a diverse audience to review and comment on the content of this guide. Any comments, suggestions, recommendations, etc., which occur to you while looking it over would be very helpful to us. Please be aware that this is still a work in progress and the look of the web pages is not the issue as much as the content, though any feedback you have on how to better format the chapter would be welcome. Please send comments to Lara Sutherland (lara [DOT] sutherland [AT] ma [DOT] state [DOT] us), Christopher Kent (kent [D O T] christopher [A T] epa [D O T] gov) and/or myself (kinley [ D O T ] deller [ A T ] metrokc [ D O T ] gov). Please forward this to anyone you think might be interested in giving us additional feedback. Thank you. The guide has recently been posted to a temporary website to provide a common platform for viewing the information. The website location for the document is: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Wetlands/7756/EPP1.htm -------------------- >From Bruce Nordman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, following up on recent postings about the new Hewlett-Packard duplexing inkjet printer: I was reminded by a list member that inkjet printers work best for relatively low-volume applications, and so would not replace a high-volume laser printer with duplexing capabilities. The smaller laser printers that it might compete with don't have duplexing options. E-mail: BNordman ( A T ) LBL ( D O T ) gov ------------------- The Seattle Public Utilities "Use It Again, Seattle!" reuse directory is now on the Internet. It includes lots of background information and many great links. Check it out at: http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/util/useitagain/ - end -