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Facility ID: 48836THRMFONETH
Facility Name and Address: ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS N.A. 900 E VAN RIPER FOWLERVILLE, MI 48836 Parent Company: ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS NORTH AMERICA Industry: Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (325991) 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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2019 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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2014 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Recycling of scrap plastic Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No known substitutes for the various zinc pigments and stabilizers. Use of zinc compounds is kept to the minimum formulation for product requirements. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - ISO 14001 Certified Environmental Management System |
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2013 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - in 2013 encountered damaged packaging from supplier which accounts for most of the landfill issue. Asahi is limited in the pigments it can use to turn plastics white and maintain their strength. |
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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 - Increased employee empowerment of process activity |