3354 - Aluminum Extruded Products 4. The aluminum hydroxide can be marketed for alum production. Anodizing produces a non-hazardous aluminum hydroxide sludge, but chromate pretreatment before painting produces a hazardous chromate waste. If the waste streams are combined, the small amount of chrome would be enough to classify the entire waste stream as hazardous. The Tifton Aluminum plant is capable of producing 24 million pounds of finished architectural aluminum annually.
Negotiations are underway to market the aluminum hydroxide at a near-by alum plant.
Information on feedstock, energy, and water use is not provided. Payback Time Information not provided. 7.0 Cleaner Production Benefits Tifton Aluminum has lifted some of the financial burden of hazardous waste treatment and disposal by segregating and marketing aluminum hydroxide waste. 1. 105 - Alkaline solution with metals but no cyanides 2. 2005 - Anodizing 2.