Solvent Recycling Systems recycles a wide range of solvent-based waste streams. If your shop is buying virgin solvent every month and paying a hauler to take the dirty solvent away, you are paying twice for the same drum. A recycler recovers most of it so you can put it right back into the parts washer, the gun washer, or the finishing line.
Below is the list of solvents we handle. It is not exhaustive — if you don’t see yours, ask us. We test unusual streams regularly.
Shop & Finishing Solvents
- Mineral Spirits
- Mineral Spirits (Odorless)
- Lacquer Thinner
- Varsol
- High-Flash Naphtha
- Heptane
- Hexane
- Pentane
- Isooctane
- Cyclohexane
- d-Limonene
- Toluene
- Xylene
- Benzene
Ketones
- Acetone
- Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK)
- Methyl Isobutyl Ketone (MIBK)
- Methyl Isoamyl Ketone (MIAK)
- n-Methyl Amyl Ketone (MAK)
- Cyclohexanone
Alcohols & Glycols
- Ethanol
- Methanol
- Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA)
- n-Propyl Alcohol
- Butyl Alcohol
- Isobutyl Alcohol
- Amyl Alcohol
- Ethylene Glycol
- Propylene Glycol
- Tripropylene Glycol Methyl Ether (TPM)
- Ethanolamine
Esters & Acetates
- Ethyl Acetate (85, 86, 87, 88 and 99 grades)
- n-Butyl Acetate
- Butyl Acetate
- Isobutyl Acetate
- Isopropyl Acetate
- Amyl Acetate
- Propylene Carbonate
Chlorinated & Brominated
- Methylene Chloride
- Perchloroethylene (PERC / Tetrachloroethylene)
- 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
- Chloroform
- Ethylene Dichloride
- Propylene Dichloride
- n-Propyl Bromide (nPB)
Engineered & Specialty Fluids
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-7000
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-7100
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-7200
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-7500
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-71DE
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-71PA
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-72DA
- 3M™ Novec™ HFE-72DE
- Vertrel™ series
- Asahiklin AK-225 series
- Fluorocarbons
- Freon
- Polyflush
Other Solvents
- Acetonitrile
- Tetrahydrofuran (THF)
- n-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP)
Why recycle instead of haul it away
Most shops recover 85–95% of their solvent on the first pass. That cuts two costs at once — the virgin solvent you stop buying, and the hazardous waste manifests you stop paying for. Depending on volume, a recycler usually pays for itself somewhere between nine and eighteen months, and it keeps paying after that.
It also keeps the solvent in your building. No waiting on a pickup, no drums stacking up in the corner, no wondering whether your hauler filed the paperwork correctly.
What we can help with
- Solvent recyclers — batch distillation units sized from small shop models up to 48-gallon and larger
- Recycling bags and liners — for IST, ISTpure, Kresco and Uni-ram units
- Spray gun washers — manual and automatic, for paint and finishing lines
- Aqueous parts washers — including heated units
- Thermic oil, seals and replacement parts to keep an existing recycler running
Don’t see your solvent?
Send us the SDS and tell us roughly how much you go through in a month. We’ll tell you straight whether it’s a good candidate for recycling and what the payback looks like. If it isn’t a fit, we’ll say so.
Contact us or call 847-833-7010