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Waste Not

Scott Tinsely operates a metal cutting machine at DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee, where the 1W team agreed the amount of oil waste and hazardous waste involved in cutting metal components for fuel injectors was too costly on the environment. Team members researched and tested innovative oil and cleaner products over a two-year period to find better quality brands that were also less expensive. The results were astounding.

The 1W team completely eliminated hazardous waste—a by-product of cleaner chemicals mixing with cutting oils that was being disposed at about 230 gallons a month. Secondly, the team now recycles 90 percent of cutting oil, because the new oil product maintains optimum cutting properties after mixing with the new cleaner product. This eliminated new oil consumption altogether.

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Plant-derived Resin Radiator Tank

DENSO’s plant-derived resin radiator tank, which is made from castor oil, is green all the way around. Compared to conventional products, it releases less CO2 emissions into the environment during its life cycle because it is partially made from material extracted from plants, which absorb CO2 through the photosynthesis process. It also helps conserve oil, a fossil fuel which is being depleted.

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