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July 14, 2010
TRSA Unsure If EPA Will End Shop-Towel Exemption

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — No indication has surfaced of when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will end its decades of deliberation on whether to perpetuate the exemption for reusable shop towels from regulation as solid or hazardous waste, according to the Textile Rental Services Association (TRSA).

Disposable products do not receive this exemption and this distinction is seen as providing a critical cost-saving market advantage to reusables. Shop-towel-rental sales are worth about $1 billion annually to the rental laundry industry, TRSA says.

December 11, 2009
Screener Retrofit Boosts Wastewater-Recycling Capacity

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — MacIntosh Services is a large commercial linen rental supply company in the scenic Lehigh Valley area of Northeastern Pennsylvania. From its headquarters here, the company supplies not only table linens and napkins, but also uniforms, chef apparel, aprons and towels to restaurants, hotels and other facilities throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

The company uses more than 90,000 gallons of clean water a day. In fact, MacIntosh Services is the largest single user of municipal water in the Bethlehem metropolitan area.

November 18, 2009
EPA Seeks Comment on Updated Industrial Wipes Risk Analysis

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking public comment on a revised risk analysis developed for the agency’s 2003 proposed Solvent-Contaminated Industrial Wipes Rule. The rule could impact how industrial launderers must handle reusable wipes.

April 3, 2009
Low Levels of Radiation Detected in Facility’s Laundry Wastewater

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — A facility that launders the protective garments used by nuclear industry employees is monitoring the buildup of radiation in the Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania environmental officials report, but the low levels detected to date present no danger to the public through recreational contact or fish consumption.