A competitive environment and strong regulations drive the chemical industry to work actively on sustainable activities and to adhere to the principles of green chemistry. This implies a complete rethinking of waste management beyond a simple landfill process. All of the alternatives will be explored with a preference for source reduction, followed by recycling, energy recovery and, as a last resort, disposal.

 

Ion exchange resin technology is one of the well-proven technologies that can contribute to minimizing waste problems. Rohm and Haas produces a broad palette of polymeric products comprising ion exchangers, chelating resins, and adsorbents, which facilitate process stream treatment for the chemical industry. Ion exchange technologies are potential solutions to many industrial problems including:

• Toxic metal decontamination to allow disposal
• Concentration of a metal for recovery or disposal
• Recovery of chemical value for recycle
• Reuse of purified solutions after removal of ionic compounds

To illustrate the value of these technologies, the web pages illustrate some industrial applications such as removal of heavy metals from the metal plating industry and organic compounds from the phenol industry.

 

Please contact your Rohm and Haas sales representative for more information and for discussion.