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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| 2021 | Other Environmental Practices - Ross Incineration Services, Inc. (RIS) is a leader in development and design of innovative waste handling and incineration methods. As a RCRA Part B permitted commercial hazardous waste treatment facility, the primary service offered is treatment by incineration of hazardous chemicals from off-site generators. By nature, incineration reduces a chemicals ignitability, toxicity, and reactivity, while reducing the potential for toxic chemicals to enter the environment. RIS is ISO 14001/45001 certified and has a formal Waste Minimization Program in place to reduce process and raw wastes, while increasing recycling and reuse practices. Reporting levels fluctuate due to waste composition and receipt frequency, which changes year over year. Additionally, RIS has pollution prevention programs in place such as Storm Water Pollution Prevision Plan, Spill Reporting, and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan. These programs further reduce the potential for toxic chemicals entering the environment. | ||
| 2019 |
Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - The amount of waste that was received and the amount of waste that was trans-shipped to another facility changed in 2019 compared to 2018. Due to variability in waste stream composition, any waste stream may contain a higher or lower concentration of a given TRI regulated chemical. Ross Incineration Services, Inc. has pollution prevention programs in place such as SWP3, Spill Reporting, and SPCC in place. These programs reduce the amount of toxic chemicals entering the environment. |
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| 2016 | Other Environmental Practices - The amount of waste that was received and the amount of waste that was trans-shipped to another facility increased in 2016 compared to 2015. Due to variability in waste stream composition, any waste stream may contain a higher or lower concentration of a given TRI regulated chemical. Ross Incineration Services, Inc. has pollution prevention programs in place such as SWP3, Spill Reporting, and SPCC in place. These programs reduce the amount of toxic chemicals entering the environment. | ||
| 2015 |
Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Although incineration throughput decreased in 2015 compared to 2014, total operating hours were slightly higher. The amount of waste that was received and the amount of waste that was trans-shipped to another facility increased in 2015. Due to variability in waste stream composition, any waste stream may contain a higher or lower concentration of a given TRI regulated chemical. Ross Incineration Services, Inc. has pollution prevention programs in place such as SWP3, Spill Reporting, and SPCC in place. These programs reduce the amount of toxic chemicals entering the environment. |
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| 2014 | Other Environmental Practices - RECEIPTS, INCINERATION THROUGHPUT, AND TRANS-SHIPPING INCREASED OVER 2013. HOWEVER, ANY WASTE STREAM CANCONTAIN A HIGHER OR LOWER CONCENTRATION OF A GIVEN TRI CHEMICAL. ROSS INCINERATION SERVICES, INC. HASPOLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS SUCH AS SWP3, SPILL REPORTING, AND SPCC IN PLACE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OFTOXIC CHEMICALS ENTERING THE ENVIRONMENT. | ||
| 2013 | Other Environmental Practices - RECEIPTS, INCINERATION THROUGHPUT, AND TRANS-SHIPPING INCREASED OVER 2012. HOWEVER, ANY WASTE STREAM CAN CONTAIN A HIGHER OR LOWER CONCENTRATION OF A GIVEN TRI CHEMICAL. ROSS INCINERATION SERVICES, INC. HAS POLLUTION PREVENTION PROGRAMS SUCH AS SWP3, SPILL REPORTING, AND SPCC IN PLACE TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TOXIC CHEMICALS ENTERING THE ENVIRONMENT. |
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")