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I am looking into this on behalf of 2 schools in
Seattle.
Staff at schools LOVE to laminate.
When i go into the copy room, the laminator is
always on. It reeks of heated plastic in the room.
Aside from the excess waste of plastic (the
laminator I have seen uses a 30" wide roll of plastic no matter how big the
paper is that you are laminating), I am trying to find out what chemicals might
be released - phthalates? other plasticizers (e.g., lead is a common
plasticizer in PVC- but i don't know if this is PVC plastic). and, how
much energy is consumed by these clunkers.
If there are any P2 guidance documents (other than,
DON'T USE) for laminators, that would be helpful too.
Many thanks.
Michelle Gaither
Technical Research Lead Pollution Prevention Resource Center www.pprc.org mgaither@pprc.org or gaithermj@quidnunc.net |