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Facility ID: 05301FLFLXPUTNE
Facility Name and Address: GARWARE FULFLEX USA INC. 32 JUSTIN HOLDEN DR BRATTLEBORO, VT 05301 Parent Company: Industry: All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (326299) Chemical: Zinc 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:: S24: Modified or updated equipment or layout[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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S24: Have new machine on order, ($600,000) to replace existing mixing chamber, to be delivered 5-`-23 Source Reduction - Capital investment |
2021 |
Source Reduction:: S33: Improved containment or material handling operations[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S33: Improved house keeping and reduced spillage Source Reduction - Employee involvement |
2020 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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W19: Repair weigh hopper |
2019 |
Barriers: B7-No Information B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Environmental Practices - every effort is made to sell our scrap material for reuse. However, fluctuating market pricing impacts that ability. only 2.2% of scrap produced was able to be sold. | |
2018 |
Barriers: B7-No Information B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - every attempt is made to sell our scrap material for recycling. However, this is impacted by market pricing. For 2018, only 2.5% of scrap produced was able to be sold |
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2017 |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - no substitute as a process ingredient Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - market pricing impacts the ability to resell material for recycling. 19% of our 2017 scrap produced was sold to be re-purposed into recycled product. |
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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. - zinc compounds are a basic ingredient in processing rubber. no available substitute Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - low market pricing continued to adversely impact the ability to resell material for recycling vs. disposal |
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2015 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Barriers to Source Reduction - low market pricing restricted opportunities for resale of process scrap Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - no substitute for zinc compounds in rubber processing Source Reduction: Source Reduction - although total process scrap was reduced in 2015, market pricing adversely impacted the resale of waste scrap vs. disposal |
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2014 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-5-14%]
Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - heightened QC to reduce waste Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - selling scrap to be re purposed, reducing disposal |
2013 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
Source Reduction - Company objective to reduce % scrap; Reduction in process waste to Landfill, by partnering w/ customer(s) to repurpose into new products |
2012 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
Source Reduction - Via management and team participation improved process controls. Also worked with outside partners to reuse what had been scrap materials into supply materials for new products. |
2004 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits |