Under the Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 (PPA), TRI collects information to track industry progress in reducing waste generation and moving towards safer waste management alternatives. Measures that facilities have taken to prevent pollution and reduce the amount of toxic chemicals entering the environment are shown in the table below. Although factors other than these reported practices contribute to year-to-year changes in releases, results are sorted by largest reduction in order to facilitate identification of pollution prevention successes. View the to learn about this report's features.

1List of Facilities in TRI submitting Pollution Prevention Information for Selected Criteria:

Industry: Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing Chemical: Vinyl acetate Year: between 2012 and 2020

P2 Text Filters: Only show information about source reduction activities Show information about source reduction AND other environmental practices Exclude facilities that reported activity codes but no text descriptions Show information on barriers to implementing source reduction activities Show ALL information reported in pollution prevention data fields Year-to-Year Comparison: Total Waste Total Release [displayed currently] Air Release Land Release Water Release

TRI Facility ID	Facility Name	Address	Year	Prior Year Release *	Current Year Release *	Percent Change	Pollution Prevention Information (Activity Codes/Text/[Reduction])	P2 Report
40211BFGDR4100B	LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC)	4200 BELLS LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40211	2014	311.00	30.03	-90.34%	Source Reduction: W19: Other changes in operating practices - Reduced volume of sample size, thereby reducing waste generation Source Reduction: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping - Connected existing tank to existing recovery system and control device.
40211BFGDR4100B	LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC)	4200 BELLS LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40211	2012	66.00	26.00	-60.61%	Source Reduction: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond Source Reduction: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations Source Reduction: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves
2733WSDNTC5618C	STI POLYMER INC (NA)	5618 CLYDE RHYNE DRIVE, SANFORD, NC 27330	2015	181.53	92.32	-49.14%	Source Reduction: W19: Other changes in operating practices - Product line changed due to increase in business. VAM was decreased due to less product being made using VAM.
44839THGLD300SP	AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INC (AKZO NOBEL INC)	300 SPROWL RD, HURON, OH 44839	2015	3,860.23	1,976.12	-48.81%	Source Reduction: W29: Other changes in inventory control - Inventory on hand reductions - Maintaining lower inventory quantities on site. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - A Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer was installed to reduce stack emissions and was in use for full year 2015
19706FRMSPSCHOO	FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP DE (FORMOSA PLASTICS CORP USA)	780 SCHOOLHOUSE RD, DELAWARE CITY, DE 19706	2013	78,994.00	40,740.00	-48.43%	Source Reduction: W58: Other process modifications Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03 : MATERIALS BALANCE AUDITS - An audit of the Laboratory Information System revealed an error in the software's calculations for residual vinyl acetate
40211BFGDR4100B	LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC)	4200 BELLS LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40211	2018	100.03	63.27	-36.75%	Source Reduction: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves Source Reduction: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources Source Reduction: W58: Other process modifications
77902DPNTVOLDBL	DOW VICTORIA SITE (DOW INC.)	2697 OLD BLOOMINGTON RD N, VICTORIA, TX 77905	2013	47,877.00	30,517.00	-36.26%	Other Environmental Practices: Used Vinyl Acetate dumpsters are a hazardous waste stream that generates an average of 178 tons of waste per year. A project to recycle used vinyl acetate instead of sending it to a boiler for recovery of waste heat is in progress.
77571NLTXL12220	NOLTEX LLC (NIPPON GOSHEI USA)	12220 STRANG RD, LA PORTE, TX 77571	2016	17,501.00	11,419.00	-34.75%	Source Reduction: W19: Other changes in operating practices
44839THGLD300SP	AKZO NOBEL COATINGS INC (AKZO NOBEL INC)	300 SPROWL RD, HURON, OH 44839	2014	5,184.62	3,860.23	-25.54%	Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - A new Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer was installed in August of 2014 and will reduce stack air emissions.
62665NTNLSRR1XX	CELANESE LTD-MEREDOSIA FACILITY (CELANESE INTERNATIONAL CORP)	1989 OLD NAPLES RD, MEREDOSIA, IL 62665	2013	14,632.00	11,238.00	-23.2%	Source Reduction: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Other Environmental Practices: Routed effluent to biological treatment instead of flare
40211BFGDR4100B	LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC)	4200 BELLS LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40211	2017	130.03	100.03	-23.08%	Source Reduction: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction: W58: Other process modifications Source Reduction: W89: Other product modifications
27360STHRN3440D	SOUTHERN RESIN (NA)	3440 DENTON RD, THOMASVILLE, NC 27360	2017	226.10	195.60	-13.49%	Source Reduction: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems
48183MNSNT5045W	SOLUTIA INC (EASTMAN CHEMICAL CO)	5100 W JEFFERSON AVE, TRENTON, MI 48183	2017	14,519.10	12,766.22	-12.07%	Source Reduction: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
77571NLTXL12220	NOLTEX LLC (NIPPON GOSHEI USA)	12220 STRANG RD, LA PORTE, TX 77571	2015	18,999.85	17,501.00	-7.89%	Source Reduction: W58: Other process modifications - Replaced flare with thermal oxidizer Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Voluntarily replaced flare with higher efficiency Thermal Oxidizer
75041NNCRB2326L	ONA POLYMERS LLC (ONA POLYMERS LLC)	2326 LONNECKER DR, GARLAND, TX 75041	2016	1,832.50	1,742.50	-4.91%	Source Reduction: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers - Optimized batch schedule to reduce rinse activity. Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04 : PARTICIPATIVE TEAM MANAGEMENT - Team review of the batch schedule versus inventory optimized.
75041NNCRB2326L	ONA POLYMERS LLC (ONA POLYMERS LLC)	2326 LONNECKER DR, GARLAND, TX 75041	2020	1,833.33	1,829.99	-.18%	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Added a wide spec or off-spec vendor this year to improve the quantity seen as a waste stream.
42029CLNSL408NM	SEKISUI SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AMERICA LLC (SEKISUI AMERICA CORP)	246 JOHNSON RILEY ROAD, CALVERT CITY, KY 42029	2013	77,199.00	77,176.00	-.03%	Source Reduction: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping - Six mechanical seals on the polykettles (reactors) were upgraded to reduce fugitive emissions from equipment leaks. Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01 : INTERNAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITY AUDIT(S) - An opportunity to reduce fugitive equipment leak emissions from the polykettles was identified by the maintenance department and engineering group. Source Reduction: The design of the mechanical seals on the top of six polykettles was upgraded to a design specific for agitator service. The conventional design was originally a pump seal adapted to agitator service. The upgraded configuration is designed to tolerate shaft movement, and this has increased the reliability of the new seal This has resulted in the reduction of vinyl acetate fugitive emissions.
75041NNCRB2326L	ONA POLYMERS LLC (ONA POLYMERS LLC)	2326 LONNECKER DR, GARLAND, TX 75041	2015	1,832.50	1,832.50	0%	Source Reduction: W15: Introduced an in-line product quality monitoring or other process analysis system[-0-4%] - Weekly inventory audit to analyze inputs, and outputs so the site can improve the first time prime material.
27360STHRN3440D	SOUTHERN RESIN (NA)	3440 DENTON RD, THOMASVILLE, NC 27360	2016	226.10	226.10	0%	Source Reduction: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems - Added vapor catch tank for the fumes off of the reaction containing 40% Diethanolamine solution prior to venting into a carbon drum. Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02 : EXTERNAL POLLUTION PREVENTION OPPORTUNITY AUDIT(S) - suggested by engineering consultant working with us to reduce our limits for the Air Permit.
75041NNCRB2326L	ONA POLYMERS LLC (ONA POLYMERS LLC)	2326 LONNECKER DR, GARLAND, TX 75041	2019	1,832.50	1,833.33	.05%	Source Reduction: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers[-0-4%] - Improved batch changes that reduce the rinse cycles. Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04 : PARTICIPATIVE TEAM MANAGEMENT - Team identified optimal mix matrix for production.Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03 : MATERIALS BALANCE AUDITS - Verified data using team to check batch rinses.Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06 : EMPLOYEE RECOMMENDATION (UNDER A FORMAL COMPANY PROGRAM) - Pollution reduction team generated continuous improvement list.
42029CLNSL408NM	SEKISUI SPECIALTY CHEMICALS AMERICA LLC (SEKISUI AMERICA CORP)	246 JOHNSON RILEY ROAD, CALVERT CITY, KY 42029	2017	72,658.00	73,042.00	.53%	Other Environmental Practices: Evaluating ways to reduce
24540DNRVRSTATE	DANCHEM TECHNOLOGIES INC (NA)	1975 OLD RICHMOND RD, DANVILLE, VA 24540	2012	1,407.40	1,457.10	3.53%	Other Environmental Practices: In the past, DanChem Technologies (DTI) has relied on underground piping as a means to get process wastewater from various locations throughout the chemical manufacturing areas to the site's effluent basin. The basin was a lined surface impoundment designed to collect high pH wastewater from areas of the site and mix with low pH wastewater from other areas of the site in an attempt to neutralize prior to discharge to the City of Danville Wastewater Treatment Facility. Operation of the system was regulated under an Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit which required continuous monitoring for pH and periodic monitoring for concentrations of chemical contamination. Although there were no regulatory mandates which forced the elimination of the effluent basin, in August 2011, DTI voluntarily began the construction of a new wastewater treatment facility to completely eliminate the effluent basin and start utilizing the latest technologies in wastewater treatment and pollution prevention. In August 2012, one year following the start of the project, all wastewater from across the site was being pumped through an above ground piping system and was being accumulated in a series of storage tanks within the secondary containment of the new wastewater tank farm. By the end of 2012, the new wastewater treatment facility went operational and began treating the sites discharge. DTI is currently exploring opportunities to reuse the discharge from the wastewater treatment facility.
29706SPCLT869OL	SPECIALTY POLYMERS INC (SPECIALTY POLYMERS INC)	869 OLD RICHBURG RD, CHESTER, SC 29706	2015	2,872.00	3,010.00	4.81%	Source Reduction: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis[-0-4%]
2733WSDNTC5618C	STI POLYMER INC (NA)	5618 CLYDE RHYNE DRIVE, SANFORD, NC 27330	2014	159.15	181.53	14.06%	Source Reduction: General Environmental Management - Improved method of washing lines between batch which resulted in less unreacted monomer being discharged.
77571NLTXL12220	NOLTEX LLC (NIPPON GOSHEI USA)	12220 STRANG RD, LA PORTE, TX 77571	2012	10,654.00	14,047.00	31.85%	Source Reduction: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
40211BFGDR4100B	LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS INC (BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC)	4200 BELLS LN, LOUISVILLE, KY 40211	2015	30.03	59.00	96.47%	Source Reduction: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems Source Reduction: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
90503NNCRB19206	ARKEMA COATING RESINS PLANT (ARKEMA DELAWARE INC)	19206 HAWTHORNE BLVD, TORRANCE, CA 90503	2013	850.00	2,450.00	188.24%	Source Reduction: W19: Other changes in operating practices