In-plant EHS Services:
In-plant visits to facilities are offered to conduct Industrial Hygiene Air Sampling, Safety Inspections (Mock OSHA Audits) and facility Environmental Compliance Reviews. Service fees are:
AFS Corporate members: $650 for each in-plant service day plus a $275 preparatory fee per visit plus travel expenses.
AFS Non-members: $1100 for each in-plant service day plus a $400 preparatory fee per visit plus travel expenses.
Our staff will provide you with professional service. All reports/test results are strictly confidential between client and our staff. No state or federal agencies have access to our records without the client's permission. To arrange a site visit or for additional information contact AFS EHS staff at 800/537-4237.
Beneficial Use:
In an effort to further promote beneficial reuse of sand in the metalcasting industry, the American Foundry Society (AFS) is announcing a new consortium with Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today (FIRST). The new organization, which is now called AFS-FIRST, is currently developing a plan to aid the metalcasting industry in recycling 50% of sand used in its facilities by 2015.
Beyond that goal, other organizational purposes include:
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promotion of the reduction, reuse and recycling of metalcasting industry by-products through education, research and information dissemination;
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development of educational partnerships with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations;
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conducting and sponsoring research in cooperation with governmental agencies, universities, industry associations and other corporations.
“AFS is proud to work with FIRST on this new consortium,” said Jerry Call, AFS executive vice president. “One of the immediate goals of AFS-FIRST is to develop the necessary tools to help metalcasting facilities increase the amount of sand they recycle annually. In addition, we are working on ways to find more outlets for by-products of metalcasting operations. As things progress, we feel the industry will find itself in a better position to reduce its cost of operations due to recycling sand.”
In addition, AFS will be working on integrating the existing FIRST website from its current domain, which can be located at www.foundryrecycling.org, to www.afsinc.org/first.
For more information, contact Dave Krugman, AFS PR and marketing coordinator, at 800/537-4237 x 286 or
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Used metalcasting sand is a valuable resource that can be beneficially reused in many ways. If you are not currently using it and want to do so, click here to find a recycling plant near you. To view a brochure on beneficial reuse, click here.
EHS Areas:
Air
Water
Waste & Recycling
Pollution Prevention
Safety & Health
Climate Change
Toxic Release Inventory
AFS Divison 10 Committees:
Are you responsible for environmental compliance or the health and safety of your metalcasting facility? Need to stay in tune with regulatory compliance issues? If so, consider participating in the AFS Div. 10 Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) committees.
Div. 10 includes 5 committees, 3 of which are open to all metalcasters and others involved in the metalcasting industry and 2 available by nomination only. The Div. 10 EH&S committees include:
10-A Executive Committee (by nomination only);
10-B Programs & Paper Committee (by nomination only);
10-E Air Quality Committee;
10-F Water Quality & Waste Disposal Committee;
10-Q Safety & Health Committee.
Meetings are typically held in March, June, September & December at AFS headquarters, Schaumburg, Ill. For more information, or to join any of the EHS committees, contact Fred Kohloff at
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10-A Executive
10-B Programs & Papers
10-E Air Quality
10-F Water Quality & Waste Disposal
10-Q Safety & Health
