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Machine Shop Checklist #8: Spent Shop Rags, Towels, and Wipes

 
Publication number Date Published
25-04-058October 2025
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Author(s) Washington State Department of Ecology
Description Used paper towels, rags, and wipes may be dangerous waste, depending on the solvents and contaminants in your machine shop. You can help protect workers’ health by selecting a safer solvent. This guide contains pollution prevention tips for managing and disposing of your solvent-contaminated wipes and shop towels.
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Keywords shop waste, metal working fluid, dangerous waste management, shop rags, toxics, metals, solvent, metal fabricator, machine shop, dangerous waste, metalworking fluids, solvents, shop towels, solvent-contaminated wipes
WEB PAGE Pollution prevention (P2)
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