Business View Magazine | April 2020

149 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE APRIL 2020 the pollution-reduction and energy-saving features of its CHP system. In Arrow Linen’s Garden City facility, a 480-kilowatt solar panel system is replacing 73% of the company’s power requirements when combined with new LED lighting installed in 2018. Combined, the two installations have allowed the company to reduce carbon emissions by 578 tons, annually. “We’re also in the process of setting up a water reclamation system which will consist of ceramic filtration and reverse osmosis,” Anthony adds. “This was done for two reasons. We were told by the town that our fat, oil, and grease (FOG) levels in our discharge water were approaching limits that weren’t safe, so we were forced to find a system that would clean the hazardous materials from our wastewater. And since we were cleaning our wastewater, we were interested in possibly re-using that water in the facility. So, we purchased an additional reverse osmosis system. It will take the ceramic filtration water and clean it even further so it’s serviceable to be used in ARROW L INEN SUPPLY COMPANY