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MCI MANUFACTURING
- Has new metal fabrication equipment that eliminates several welding steps and bonding of metal parts using adhesives
- Uses special tools to trim a part for fit, which capture and contain dust at its source
- Has reduced VOC emissions to the environment by 10 percent for every coach manufactured by replacing many solvent-based materials with water-based substitutes, such as the adhesives used to install coach carpeting, fabric and other trim
- Has adopted the new DuPont™ Imron® Elite paint system, which requires fewer coats of paint to be applied, reduces the amount of overspray generated, and reduces or eliminates baking cycles, saveing time, energy, money and natural resources
- Has switched to disposable liners in most of its paint guns, allowing them to be disposed of as a non-hazardous waste and further reducing VOCs released into the air
- Uses hydro-electric power for much of its machinery
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MCI SERVICE CENTERS
- Have contracts with Safety-Kleen to recycle the oil and the metal from oil filters
- Recycle all antifreeze
- Are switching from solvent-based cleaners to aqueous cleaners (in process)
- Drains have triple-traps installed to help ensure that oil does not enter sewers, groundwater, or land
- Paint booths are built to prevent the release of paint emissions into the air
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MCI CORPORATE
- Provides paper recycling to all employees and throughout the offices
- Has paperless systems available for transmittal of PDF files rather than printing documents
- Prints literature on recycled paper