remediation

  • How Much Should Manufacturing Be Concerned About the Environment?

    • January 15, 2020
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Leadership, Management
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    Manufacturers should be concerned about the environment, whether you're an ardent supporter or not.

    Like it or not, whether you believe in climate change or not, the manufacturing industry should be very concerned about the environment, period. I certainly understand a lot of industry is living with legacy technology, dealing with machines that are 50 – 60 years old but are still operational. And legacy tech does not recognize

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  • What are the Economics of Sustainability vs. Remediation?

    • November 27, 2019
    • Posted by: David Marshall
    • Category: Business, Leadership, Safety
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    The question of sustainability versus remediation is an economic one as much as a humanitarian one. This is a photo of a toxic looking barrel laying on its side.

    Companies that spend a lot of money on remediation, and are doing it only to avoid penalties and fines, are going to end up having bigger and more expensive problems than they were hoping for. When I was at Robroy, we had an old Duoline factory that was costing us $2.5 million every year in

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