TRI Pollution Prevention Report for BABS FOUNDRY and Lead

Facility ID: 02766BBSFN135EH

Facility Name and Address:
BABS FOUNDRY
135 E HODGES ST
NORTON, MA 02766

Parent Company:

Industry: Other Nonferrous Metal Foundries (except Die-Casting) (331529)
Chemical: Lead

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2015

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*
2017	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W42: Continue to "process" more "Lead-free" and "Low Lead" alloysThe ratio of Lead/Castings continues to decline Source Reduction - Follow market/customer trends & demands
2016	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W42: Continue to use more Lead-free & Low-Lead alloys, reducing the amount of Lead entering the waste stream
2015	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W42: Product Reformulations, including processing of "low lead" & "lead free" alloys continues; resulting is lower lead releases Source Reduction - Market drivers for processing lead free and low lead alloys continue.
2014	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - Market drivers for processing lead-free and low lead alloys continue. Current analytical data do not reflect reduced lead concentrations in hazardous waste.
2013	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Barriers to P2 - Market drivers for processing lead-free and low lead alloys continue. Current analytical data do not reflect reduced lead concentrations in hazardous waste.
2012	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - Customer Demand for lead-free and low lead alloys continues to trend positively. Lower lead percentages on raw materials has also reduced the amount of lead in the spent sand output stream.
2011	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W42: Demand for lead-free and reduced-lead alloys continues Source Reduction - Customer demand for lead-free and low lead alloys continues to trend positively. Lower lead percentages on raw materials has also reduced the amount of lead in the spent sand output stream.
2010	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - Increased customer demand for lead-free alloys has allowed lead usage to remain constant (2010 vs 2009) while production increased.
2009	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other

*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.