IMPORTANT WARNING
TECHNICAL BULLETIN
Subject: Dust bag/cartridge and filter cleaning services.
Not all filter services are the same! PLEASE compare and make your decision to use a filter cleaning
service based on your needs, not just price!
Since the passage of the Clean Air Act and The Clean Water Act the terms “Cradle to Grave”, “Potentially
Responsible Party”, and “Originator” have been used to place responsibility on the original generator
(you) and contractors handling the generator’s waste (filter service). The courts place final
responsibility on the generator for any contaminated waste (baghouse dust, waste or fume) and
subsequent wastes created from those wastes. This includes wastes improperly handled and created
by your filter service. Ultimately, the liability and responsibility falls on the original generator (YOU)!
PLEASE contact your environmental officer or consultant to discuss your exposure when using a non
compliant filter service.
OUR POSITION
Blue Sky Filters, Inc. has been in business since 1975, with its’ focus on recycling and environmentally friendly
products and services. Our original premise was to not just clean but to develop some type of recycling and
reuse of filters. Again in 1998 we made the decision to improve and establish a company that not only operated
within the Federal and Local Clean Air and Water Acts, but also to protect our customers and employees from
generated waste and landfill pollution exposure.
While hundreds of other filter cleaners around the country are discharging directly “down the drain”
and not meeting local, state and federal compliances, we feel this practice is wrong and irresponsible.
We feel we need to conduct our business within proper legal and ethical guidelines and it is the “right
thing” to do! You and our nation have spent billions of dollars on clean air and water controls and we
want to be a good steward of our environment and protect it for future generations!
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