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Facility ID: 01821MRCNS829MI
Facility Name and Address: AMERICAN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 829 MIDDLESEX TURNPIKE BILLERICA, MA 01821 Parent Company: OSI SYSTEMS INC. Industry: Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing (334517) Chemical: Lead compounds Reports: View TRI Facility profile report for this facility View TRI Form R submissions by this facility |
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Pollution Prevention Activities for Selected Chemical
Reporting Year | Section 8.10: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity | Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity | Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information* |
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2019 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
W19: Shared product returns with sister facilities. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Lead is commonly used as shielding for X-rays. No viable substitute is available at this time. |
2017 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Since this company is an x-ray apparatus manufacturer, Pb shielding is essential to the products. There is currently no substitute for Pb due to its density. |
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2016 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Since this company is an x-ray apparatus manufacturer, Pb shielding is essential to the products. There is currently no substitute for Pb due to its density. |
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2015 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Since the Facility is an X-ray apparatus manufacturer, the prototype parts that are created as the "production" are made of Lead (Pb) for X-ray shielding. For the X-ray shielding, there is no current substitute for Lead. |
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2008 | Source Reduction - The return of obsolete parts containing lead and/or lead shielding is encouraged by American Science and Engineering (AS&E) to ensure the safe and proper disassembly, handling and recycling/reuse of the lead components. In 2008, as part of their Corporate Social Resposibility (CSR) initiatives, AS&E faciliated the receipt and disassembly of 22,968 lbs. of lead and lead shielding. Of the 22,968 lbs. received and safley disassembled, 16,400 lbs. were transferred off-site for reuse (byproduct to raw material; non-waste transfer) and 6,568 lbs. were sent off-site for recycling (byproduct for metals recovery). |