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Facility ID: 01085WSTFL68NOR
Facility Name and Address: WESTFIELD ELECTROPLATING CO 68 N ELM ST WESTFIELD, MA 01085 Parent Company: Industry: Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring (332813) Chemical: Cyanide 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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2022 |
Source Reduction:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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S44: Trained chemists on solution control for cyanide tanks in order to reduce quantity of additions made. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Continuing to work on replacing zinc cyanide with acid zinc bath |
2021 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Continuing to work on qualifying new chemistry for production to replace one of two cyanide zinc baths. |
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2016 |
Source Reduction: Ways P2 Was Incorporated in Original Process Design - Cyanide compounds are used in parts processing including stripping, cleaning, and plating. |
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2015 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Cyanide compounds are used in parts processing including stripping, cleaning, and plating. |
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2014 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Cyanide is required by customers in copper strip tanks and silver strip tanks. The non-cyanide containing options are not viable for our facility. |
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2013 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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2012 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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Source Reduction - An inventory control program was written and used. From this we determined minimum stock needed on hand so less was ordered and less was wasted. |
2011 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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Source Reduction - Alkaline Zinc was installed instead of using a cyanide zinc system. Enthone was the vendor of the new alkaline zinc system |