Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2022
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:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S21: The site has improved the process with small changes impacting the efficiency of the equipment. Other Barriers to Source Reduction - The site has been working on continous improvement activities to improve efficiency and stability of the process. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - The facility is looking at switching from methanol to other solvents in future product development. |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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S41: The process has been stabilized and optimized. Source Reduction - Process improvement opportunities |
| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Barriers: B4-Barriers to P2 B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful. |
W13: Many items run in 2019 were prototypes. In 2020 there has been the opportunity for process stabilization. Source Reduction - Process improvement opportunities Barriers to P2: B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful. - Customer acceptance is an issue for changing chemistry. New products can evaluate other extraction solvents. |
| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
W52: Equipment upgrades for improved operations. W56: Newer products are looking at production processes that do not use methanol. |
| 2018 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other |
W13: The facility tracks maintenance activities and uses break/fix for trends that require modification to schedules. Source Reduction - Continous improvement and statsistical analysis as well as FMEA's help determine ways to improve equipment operation, reduce scrap and increase yield. Source Reduction - The engineering team reviews the data and determines changes to scheduled PM. Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Products approved for a customer require customer change to implement equipment changes, and raw material substitution. Future products can take into consideration other solvents and or equipment changes. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - The facility is in the process of implementing an Environmental Management system and obtaining certification, anticipated in 2020. |
| 2017 |
Source Reduction:: W71: Other cleaning and degreasing modifications[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - Installed filters to help reuse methanol. Also looking at other solvents. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - identifying other potential solvents. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Installed filter to recirculate and use some of the methanol longer. |
| 2016 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W13: The facility continues to use preventative maintenance more to sustain equipment. Source Reduction - Mechanics and engineers review scrap and quality data. The facility is also tracking maintenance and break fix to identify trends. |
TRI Pollution Prevention Glossary
The Waste Management Hierarchy |
The waste management hierarchy established by the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA) guides waste generators toward the best options for managing wastes.
The preferred option is to prevent pollution at its source, but for waste that is generated, the preferred management methods are recycling, followed
by burning for energy recovery, treatment and, as a last resort, disposing of the waste.
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- A breakdown of production-related waste managed. This includes all amounts of the chemical released directly to the environment or otherwise managed as waste, other than waste generated by one-time events not associated with normal production processes (e.g., fires or remedial actions).
- A production ratio or activity index to provide context for reported toxic chemical quantities. For example, if a chemical is used in the manufacture of refrigerators, the production index would track the number of refrigerators produced and could be used to help gauge how much of the chemical is being released per unit of production.
- Any newly implemented source reduction activities, reported using "W-codes" (e.g., "W41: Increased purity of raw materials")