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1� 1W W <br /> �- ACT SHEX41 , <br /> California Department of Health Servi�e� <br /> Toxic Substances Control Program <br /> Alternative Technology Division <br /> Water—B ed Ink INTRODUCTION <br /> tes. <br /> Biodegradation hi the printing industry today both solvent based and <br /> Technology water based inks are being used. New regulations <br /> however, discourage the use of solvent based inks _ <br /> because they vaporize easily and solvent vapors <br /> contribute to air pollution and photochemical smog. <br /> This means water based oaks will eventually become <br /> more widely used. The arnount of water based inks <br /> used in 1989 nationwide is shown in Table A below. <br /> k <br /> F <br /> ® Table A <br /> National ConSumillion of 3YALcrba& <br /> Industry YvarJy_Consumption <br /> Newspaper Flexography 5 - 10 million lbs. <br /> Plastic Packaging 20 million lbs. <br /> (Flixible Packing) <br /> Corregated Containers 100 - 120 million lbs. <br /> In the plastic packaging industry, it is estimated dint <br /> for every pound of virgin ink used, twice that amount <br /> ends up as waste, This would mean that approximately <br /> 40 million pounds of ink waste was produced in the <br /> plastic packaging industry alone in the United States in <br /> Funded by the DHS 1989, and this figure is on the ase. <br /> AB 685 Grant Program <br />