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* |
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| 2022 |
Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Balance of scrap, must be sent to approved treatment location (hazardous waste handler) Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We can send some scrap material for recycling |
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| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S06: Other material modifications made[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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S06: The use of lead-bearing solder was discontinued several years ago at the facility. However, due to customer contractual agreements, service parts still using lead-bearing solder must be produced at reduced rate. Source Reduction - All new manufacturing processes must use a lead-free solder - only non mass produced service parts use lead based solder. Other Barriers to Source Reduction - A rise in demand from the customer for service parts that use lead based solder could happen, thus increasing the amount of lead emissions and waste produced. |
| 2020 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - We are contractually bound to provide service parts to the customer on demand. This rate of production cannot be predicted from year to year. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All products that are scrapped are recycled by authorized recycling vender |
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| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
W81: No current mass production units are manufactured using lead solder. The only lead waste is contained within a limited amount of service parts produced. The number of lead bearing service parts have also decreased within the last year as well. Most current service parts contain lead free solder. Source Reduction - No current mass production units are manufactured using lead solder. The only lead waste is contained within a limited amount of service parts produced. The number of lead bearing service parts have also decreased within the last year as well. Most current service parts contain lead free solder. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Older service part specifications requires lead bearing solder |
| 2018 |
Other Environmental Practices - Facility is monitored continuously and is ISO14001 certified. Audited by third party on an annual basis to maintain certification. Risk assessments are performed based on created criteria to monitor all waste streams which pose a threat to the environment.
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - This facility phased out lead bearing solder 10+ years ago in new parts being produced. Service parts are still being produced that uses a small amount of lead bearing solder. Until those contracts expire, the facility will continue to produce a very small amount. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Facility has undergone air emissions testing. Not required for air permit due to very low levels of emission. Local exhaust system in place and is tested 2 times per year. All waste material is sent out for recycling or otherwise destroyed via facilities who are licensed to handle such waste streams. |
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| 2017 |
Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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W81: Only service parts use lead solder in processing. Mass production parts are otherwise lead-free. Source Reduction - All current customers have designed parts only using lead-free solder Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Mass production parts use lead-free solder. Limited amount of service parts use lead solder |
| 2016 |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Lead bearing solder is no longer used in mass-production |
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| 2015 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - We continue to send all items with Leaded solder to legitimate, licensed recyclers. Lead is no longer used as a component to the manufacture of fuse boxes within our customer base. Only non-mass producing service parts use leaded solder. These parts are all ten years or older, but is a requirement per contractual obligations. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - All new mass producing parts use lead-free solder. Our only obligation is to produce service parts which may still use leaded solder as an ingredient per contractual obligations to the customer. |
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| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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Source Reduction - Lead bearing product continually being phased out at the facility. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - The facilities older production plan is being reduced due to the phasing out of products which use lead solder. All new products are being produced with lead free solder. |
| 2012 |
Source Reduction - We have attempted to improve our quality at the faciilty. Moreover, the mitigating factors in the reductions of the lead bearing waste (for recycling) lies in the product mix. All new products at our facility use lead-free solder; our sales department as well as our customers have decreed to manufacture our parts without the need for lead bearing solder.
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - The reason for the continuing decline in lead waste (for recycling) is due to product mix at the facility. All new products now use lead-free solder. The only remaining lead bearing solder products are those which we are still required to run to meet customer service parts requests. |
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| 2011 | Source Reduction - The facility is migrating from the use of lead bearing solder. All new products currently in production at the facility utilizes lead-free solder, while older lead bearing products are phasing out. | ||
| 2010 | Source Reduction - Our facility is continuing to utilize production lines that use lead-free solder, thus our lead waste is decreasing. | ||
| 2009 | Other Environmental Practices - The Edmonton plant moving toward the use of more Lead-free solder products. The use of lead products will continue to decrease. |
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")