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r <br /> DEPARTMENT OF <br /> Ch <br /> HEALTH SERVICES <br /> 714 P STREET, SACRAMENTO, CA, 9581a _ NEWo IIEWS <br /> NUMBER: T 30-91 GATE. May 17, 1991 <br /> FOR RELEASE IMMEDIATE CONTACT, Jill Singleton <br /> (415) 540-3913 <br /> B A WB RS RE C CLE E Z <br /> SACRAMENTO --- State Health Director Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D. , <br /> M.P.H. , today released a study that demonstrates how horse manure <br /> can be used to treat and recycle hazardous wastewaters generated` <br /> in the printing and paint industries. <br /> The treatment method, called biodegradation, uses <br /> naturally-occurring microbes present in horse manure to-break <br /> down the hazardous constituents of water-based paints ,anid" inks. <br /> By-products of the process are carbon dioxide and reusable water. <br /> "This technology is both economical and effective at small <br /> and large scale operations, " Kizer said. "It is fortuitous that <br /> we found such a simple and natural answer to an expensive and ; <br /> complex environmental problem. " <br /> Nationwide, an estimated 30 million gallons o€ •water•-based <br /> ink wastex need treathent each year, as well as approximately <br /> two million gallons of water-based paint wastes. Research is <br /> currently underway to expand usage of the technology to <br /> pesticides and herbicides <br /> System... D veloDed L31 Wiljits Fir <br /> This waste digestion system, called the Advanced BIO-GEST, <br /> was developed two years ago by Advanced Manufacturing and <br /> Development of Willits, California. Successful operation of the <br /> Advanced BIO-GEST was demonstrated at the James River Corporation <br /> flexible packaging plant in San Leandro through a grant awarded <br /> by the Department of Health Services (DHS) . <br /> The Advanced BIO-GEST is being used at a dozen industrial <br /> locations, large and small , throughout California. The Advanced <br /> BIO-GEST is exempt from regulation under the state Hazardous <br /> Waste Control Law because it is an onsite treatment process that <br /> generates and reuses demineralized water within the production <br /> facility. <br /> -more- <br /> 07 <br />