TRI Pollution Prevention Report for SACHEM INC and Acetonitrile

Facility ID: 76031SCHMN2311P

Facility Name and Address:
SACHEM INC
2311 PIPELINE RD
CLEBURNE, TX 76033

Parent Company: SACHEM INC

Industry: All Other Basic Organic Chemical Manufacturing (325199)
Chemical: Acetonitrile

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2017

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*
2022	Source Reduction:: S25: Other process modifications made	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.	Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Product quality was not the same. Looking at other options.
2021	Source Reduction:: S25: Other process modifications made	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S25: Modifications made to process to use less raw material. Source Reduction - As part of sustainability team, efforts made based on Technology Chemist. Source Reduction - Operating Equipment Efficiency team formed by management to increase process efficiency site wide.
2020	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W29: Reuse of product prior to using new product.
2018	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2017	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W29: Reused "old" solvent prior to use of new solvent; better management of inventory Source Reduction - better tracking of inventory recommendation
2016	Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W50: Worked with process chemists to aide in optimizing process for greater use of solvent Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Reuse of solvent within process several times before discarding
2015	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) 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: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Waste reduction goal/pollution prevention goal for site Source Reduction - Waste reduction team developed to help achieve goal Other Environmental Practices: Source Reduction - Reusing material from process several times before discarding. This allowed us to use less raw material. As well as modifying process to be able to reuse ACN.
2014	Source Reduction:: W50: Optimized reaction conditions or otherwise increased efficiency of synthesis[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2013	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)	W51: Reuse material within process before using virgin material for production.
2012	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2011	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2010	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2009	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2008	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2007	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2006	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2005	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2004	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2003	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2002	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2001	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2000	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1999	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1998	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1997	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
1996	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1994	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)

*Classifications of Optional Pollution Prevention Information shown in brackets are provided by EPA.

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.

Source Reduction includes activities that eliminate or reduce the generation of chemical waste.
Recycling includes the recovery of a toxic chemical in waste for reuse.
Energy Recovery includes the combustion of toxic chemicals in waste to generate heat or electricity.
Treatment includes the destruction of a toxic chemical in waste.
Disposal or Other Releases includes toxic chemical quantities entering the environment.

The PPA requires facilities to provide the following details about each chemical they report to TRI:

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")

Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.