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* |
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| 2022 |
Source Reduction:: S35: Other improvements to inventory and material management
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S35: Purchased materials closer to finished size to reduce drop off Source Reduction - Engineering, Purchasing and EH&S worked to get Suppliers to supply pre-cut metals that are closer to our finished dimensions |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S12: Altered dimensions, components, or final design of product[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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Source Reduction - Product design changes |
| 2020 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Our product is made from copper. Any reduction means less product / revenue. Customers expect and pay for copper replacement parts |
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| 2017 |
Barriers: B4-Barriers to P2 B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful.
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Barriers to P2: B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful. - Our product is made from copper and its alloys. Our goal was to reduce the amount of drop off transferred to metals recovery as a percentage of qty procured. This past year saw difficulty in getting raw materials closer to the finished size of the finished part |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B4-Barriers to P2 B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful.
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Barriers to P2: B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful. - manufacturing methods required us to make some components oversize. This increased our recycled offsite transfers. We will be dialing this in a little closer this year as the increase seems a little excessive. |
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| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - We are buying copper material closer to the size of finished product, reducing the amount of drop off and subsequent transfer to recycling. Processing tolerances had to be tightened to achieve this. |
| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
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| 2013 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - our parts are made from copper, source reduction would mean revenue reduction |
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| 2012 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Copper is the main ingredient in our products |
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| 2010 | Source Reduction - Purchasing initiative to procure raw materials closer to the finished size of final product to reduce copper drop off |
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")