Who can cut solvent content in spray paint?
April 9, 2009 by Tom GuayPosted in: Latest News & Views, Technology, Waste & Pollution
EPA’s creating a green opportunity for manufacturers and processors of aerosol spray paints to make these products cleaner by reducing the amount of solvent used in each container.
Who benefits? Those who can help manufacturers lower solvent — volatile organic compound (VOC) – content in spray paints and coatings.
VOC releases from spray paints create smog problems when they interact with other pollutants in the air, especially in the summer. EPA’s turning its regulatory guns on consumer spray paint because the cumulative effect of the solvents released from each container is a major factor in creating smog.
The agency’s Clean Air Act proposal identifies 128 compounds or mixtures to be regulated.
This proposal updates national VOC emission standards for aerosol coatings that EPA published March 24, 2008. Even tougher standards have been adopted by California’s Air Resources Board to regulate consumer and industrial coating applications.
A fact sheet on EPA’s proposed regulation is here.
Tags: aersosol coatings, CARB, EPA, green product, ozone, smog, spray paint, VOCs
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