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Facility ID: 01720THHRT87HAY
Facility Name and Address: HAARTZ CORP 87 HAYWARD RD ACTON, MA 01720 Parent Company: Industry: Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing (336360) Chemical: o-Xylene 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 |
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. - Xylene is used in specific coating technologies that are required to meet OEM, customer specifications. |
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2021 |
Source Reduction:: S04: Substituted manufacturing aid, processing aid, or other ancillary chemical[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S04: We have substantially decreased our usage of this chemical even as production levels have increased; By moving to less toxic coating chemistry, we continue to reduce our use. |
2020 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W42: Substituting less toxic solvents in our products; Production level reductions due to COVID-19 and customer requirements affected 2020 usage. |
2019 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - Using alternate, less toxic solvents in our products. |
2018 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-25-49%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W42: Using alternate, less hazardous solvents in our products. |
2017 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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2016 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Continued switch from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene has reduced the levels of ethylbenzene to below reporting levels. Newer topcoats are slowly reducing amounts of orthyxylene as well. |
2015 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - Continued switch from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene, reducing the use of ethylbenzene to below reporting levels again this year. |
2014 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - We continue the switch from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene, reducing the use of ethylbenzene to below reporting levels. Conversion of some coatings from solvent based to water based has helped reduce use. |
2013 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
Source Reduction - We are continuing a multi-year effort to change from using mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene in our coatings. The switch to orthoxylene reduces our use of ethyl benzene to below reporting levels. Ethyl benzene is a component of the mixed isomer xylenes. Production increases in 2013 resulted in more use of orthoxylene, less use of mixed isomer xylenes as we transitioned, and still kept ethyl benzene below reporting levels. |
2012 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
W41: Continuing to change from mixed isomer xylene to orthoxylene in some coatings. Switch to orthoxylene reduces the use of ethyl benzene to below reporting levels. Ethyl benzene is a component of the mixed isomer xylenes. |
2011 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
Source Reduction - We are continuing to change from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene in some of our coatings. Use of orthoxylene has reduced use of ethylbenzene to below reporting levels. |
2010 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
Source Reduction - We are continuing to change from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene in some of our coatings. Use of orthoxylene has reduced use of ethylbenzene below reporting levels. |
2009 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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2008 |
Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - We have begun to switch from mixed isomer xylenes to orthoxylene. Substituting orthoxylene has reduced the amount of ethylbenzene (found in the mixed isomer xylene) used to below reportable levels as well as reduced the overall amount of mixed isomer xylene used. |