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Facility ID: 45895MDWST700IN

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MIDWEST ELASTOMERS INC
700 INDUSTRIAL DR
WAPAKONETA, OH 45895

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Industry: All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (326299)
Chemical: Decabromodiphenyl oxide

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Reporting Year	Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity	Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity	Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information*
2024			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is the result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction processes. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 1910,1200. At no point in the size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce this chemical.
2023			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910,1200. At no point in our size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2022			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910,1200. At no point in our size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2021			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured in the final form before any granulation/size process. Due to the fact all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA CFR 1910.1200. At no point in the size reduction processes do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2019			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29CFR 1910.1200. At no point in our size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2018			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29CFR 1910.1200. At no point in our size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2017			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - This chemical is a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation/size reduction process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29CFR 1910.1200. At no point in our size reduction process do we inventory, handle, or introduce/use this chemical.
2016			Barriers to P2 - This chemical is only a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200. At no point in our size reduction processes do we inventory, handle, or introduce this chemical.
2015			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This chemical is only a result of grinding cured rubber polymers. All of the chemical ingredients are bound in a polymer matrix and cured into the final form before any granulation process. Due to the fact that all of the ingredients are bound in a cross-linked matrix of cured rubber, the product is not considered to be hazardous as defined by OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200. At no point in our processes do we inventory, handle, or introduce this chemical into our processes or rubber polymers.
2013	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - A change in production processing has been the main contributor when it comes to lower the amount of material/chemicals in our waste stream. All incoming products from within the supply chain is converted to WIP (work in process) immediately. This prevents the materials form setting on a lot where corrugated boxes can fall apart spilling the materials onto the ground requiring immediate clean-up and disposal. Now, all incoming products are brought to the facility, converted to WIP, and then stage in a warehouse by polymer type. This greatly reduces the waste stream, provides better inventory/organization, and allows the entire facility to operate more efficient.
2012	Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2011			Barriers to P2 - Midwest Elastomers Inc does not manufacture, produce, or compound rubber products in our facility that would allow this chemical to be released from the process. We are a rubber recycling company that brings in scrap / discarded materials from ruber producers. We then recycle these materials, through specialized grinding, granulating / pulverizing the material to a smaller size so that our customers can reintroduce the material back into their virigin compounds. Are job is to resize the rubber products that we receive to meet the customers'' expectations. Our calculations that we report are for off-site landfill purposes. The materials that are landfilled simply do no meet our internal specifications to the point of being able to be recycled do to nonconformance issues and/or degradation. The materials that are landfilled do contain small traces of the chemical reported in which we fulfill the necessary reporting requirements, per regulation, to TRI.

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