TRI Pollution Prevention Report for DELTA GROUP ELECTRONICS INC and Lead

Facility ID: 7270WDLTGR3115W

Facility Name and Address:
DELTA GROUP ELECTRONICS INC
3115 W TECHNOLOGY WAY
FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704

Parent Company: DELTA GROUP ELECTRONICS INC

Industry: Printed Circuit Assembly (Electronic Assembly) Manufacturing (334418)
Chemical: Lead

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2016

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:: S04: Substituted manufacturing aid, processing aid, or other ancillary chemical	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	S04: Substituted Tin solder when allowed by customers Source Reduction - Purchased less Lead Solder Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Actively replacing Lead solder with Tin solder Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Metals recovery
2021	Source Reduction:: S05: Modified content, grade, or purity of a chemical input[-5-14%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	S05: Using pure Tin solder on jobs that can use pure Tin Solder. Source Reduction - Substituted pure Tin solder in place of Tin Lead solder.
2020	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control[-50-99%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W29: Solder bar requirement less than half due to low sales for the facility. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Replacing Tin Lead solder with pure Tin solder. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Recovering Tin from solder dross via metal recycling.
2019	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W29: Purchased less lead basedsolder - replaced lead based solder with more environment firendly tin based solder. Source Reduction - Purchased less Lead solder Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Used environment friendly alternative to lead solder.
2018	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W19: Started using Lead free solder as required. Source Reduction - Reduced the amount of Lead solder purchased for 2018.
2017			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Arkansas facility's sales and profits continued to plummet for the past 5 years. Not much production and sales activity for 2017.
2016			Source Reduction: Source Reduction - We did not purchase enough solder bars. Sales and production for this facility was very low.
2015	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W13: Purchased less solder bars due to loss in sales. Source Reduction - This facility lost sales in 2015.With loss in sales they did not produce enough goods to use solder.
2014	Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2013	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W42: Substituted Pure Tin Solder in place of Tin Lead Solder
2012	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W42: Substituted Pure Tin Solder in place of Tin Lead Solder

*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.