^nd Air: A Concern For Environment
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Vi, '''^ter for repeated use in pro-
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'on operator, evaluates jar
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Favir unit at Stokesdale utilizes air flotation to separate oil particles from plant’s waste
water. Sludge collected by skimmers will be incinerated in state-approved incinerator while
water goes on to two lagoons where aeration takes place.
® Spinning Plant, Alexander Sheeting Mill,
1),“'^ Print Plant, Fieldale Towel Mill, Bed-
j ®t Finishing Mills, North Carolina Finish-
'I Laurelcrest Carpet Plants.
2 ^Pent more than $1,000,000 between 1966
]))2®tructing and upgrading these facilities.
met existing regulations in past years,
kv^Sulations in 1971 will require modifica-
^8' in the future,
h Huge Sums Allocated
has allocated $1,500,000 in capital ap-
M.^^hieving the requirements by early 1973.
IjAh^t over $500,000 additional will be need-
W .approval of designs for existing regula-
ijjHPirements are not known at this time, but
■jjjres may be required if more stringent reg-
, Peed.
ii5|.^ieldcrest’s interest and activities in en-
many employees will recall that the
b^ftan 20 years ago cooperated with the cit-
Fa., to obtain a water and sewerage sys-
ii^'^'sposal unit. This was years before near-
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located, the Company some years ago cooperated with the
local community in obtaining waste treatment facilities
which are recognized as among the finest in North Car
olina. The Company through fees and taxes is now pay
ing approximately 58 %_ of the cost involved in financing
and operating these facilities. In addition, Fieldcrest from
its own filter plant supplies water to the City of Eden at
the same price that was established in 1936! Also, the
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had any kind of waste disposal systems.
:|i^during 1971—Fieldcrest allocated $230,-
Town of Alexander Mills (home of the
Mill) in developing a municipal treat-
*^Nh federal funds already had been ap-
hany spent approximately $300,000 on a
'll. ^he Foremost Screen Print Plant at Stokes-
'stem, which recycles 100 % of the waste
use in production processing, was made
about half of the Fieldcrest plants are
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Luther Meadows is shown at control panel of gas-fired boiler at
Draper mills. Largest boiler has been converted to gas with oil as stand
by. Two smaller coal boilers remain for emergency use.
day, APRIL 3, 1972