Link to the section on office cleaning products, from the Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Guide published by the Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board in metropolitan Minneapolis-St. Just enough to cut the grease and leave no residue. The City of Santa Monica, CA, did extensive in-field testing on this and has published a report that I believe is available through a U.S. EPA website. These companies produce, collect, clean, refurbish, and resell millions of industrial containers annually for a wide variety of uses, from the storage of orange juice concentrate to the transport of hazardous chemicals. Reusable industrial packaging manufacturers and reconditioners play an important role in assisting companies develop packaging pollution prevention strategies.
Reusable containers are environmentally and economically preferable.
U.S. steel drum manufacturers produce approximately 27 million 55-gallon drums annually. In addition, approximately 35 million steel drums are reconditioned annually. U.S. plastic drum manufacturers produce approximately 15 million drums annually. Reconditioners process approximately 5 million plastic drums annually. U.S. reconditioners reprocess approximately 275,000 intermediate bulk containers annually.