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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| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W31: Improved storage or stacking procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T02: External pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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W31: Completed a 3rd party assessment around leak prevention |
| 2018 |
Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |
W64: Added flow valve restrictions Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Improved waste treatment process in our waste water treatment department |
| 2016 |
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
W52: We continue to see improvements from realignment of our plating lines and layout of rinse tanks Source Reduction - The plant staff is very engaged with both safety and environmental programs Source Reduction - Quarterly meetings for our pollution prevention goals with the team have been Source Reduction - Our environmental iKaizen system has lead to pollution prevention improvements across the plant |
| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping[-0-4%] |
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: T11: Other |
Source Reduction - We have quarterly meetings to review our pollution prevention objectives. Source Reduction - We hold quarterly meetings to keep track of our waste reduction objectives. Source Reduction - Reduced iridiate line in 2014, continue to see reduction with more efficient process. Source Reduction: Ways P2 Was Incorporated in Original Process Design - In 2014 we reduced an iridiate line, we continue to see waste reduction from a more efficient plating line. |
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")