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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: Antimony 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 |
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Antimony compounds are used in PVC formulations as a flame retardant; Extrusion of PVC generates film waste (start up); this film is ground to flake onsite and incorporated back into new PVC dry blend batches. |
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2021 |
Source Reduction:: S03: Substituted raw materials, feedstock, or reactant chemical
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S03: Haartz continues to move away from PVC interior products (that utilize antimony oxide as a flame retardant) and towards more environmentally friendly TPO products, as customer demand requires. Customers have larger preference for TPO products at this time. |
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: Haartz continues to move away from PVC materials which use antimony oxide as a fire retardant in favor of TPO type materials as customer demand requires. |
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 - Haartz is continuing to move away from PVC materials which utilize Antimony oxide as a fire retardant in favor of TPO type materials as customer demand requires. |
2018 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W42: Haartz is continuing to move away from PVC materials which utilize Antimony oxide as a fire retardant in favor of TPO-type materials as customer demand requires. Alternate fire retardants are being tested and are being implemented in some products. |
2017 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Haartz is continuing to move away from PVC materials which utilize Antimony oxide as a fire retardant in favor of TPO type materials as customer demand requires. Investigation of alternate fire retardants continues. |
2016 |
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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Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Haartz continues to move away from PVC based materials (which use antimony as a fire retardant) to TPO type materials as customer demand increases. Also investigating alternative fire retardants. |
2015 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - Haartz continues to move away from PVC based materials (which use antimony as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customer demand increases. This is a multi-year process. |
2014 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - Haartz continues to move away from PVC based materials (which use antimony as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customer demand increases. |
2013 |
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 - Haartz continued to move away from PVC based materials (which use antimony as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customers demand. We expect this trend to continue as production increases. |
2012 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W42: Haartz continued to move from PVC based materials (which use antimony as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customers demand. |
2011 |
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 - Production levels increased in 2011. Continued to move from PVC based materials (where antimony is used as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customers demand. |
2010 |
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 - Production levels increased in 2010. Continue to move from PVC based materials (where the antimony is used as a fire retardant) to TPO-type materials as customers demand. |
2009 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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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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2006 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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2005 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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1996 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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1995 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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1994 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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1993 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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1992 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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1991 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |