TRI Pollution Prevention Report for MANNER POLYMERS INC and Antimony compounds

Facility ID: 75071MNNRP500IN

Facility Name and Address:
MANNER POLYMERS INC
500 INTERCHANGE ST
MCKINNEY, TX 75071

Parent Company:

Industry: Custom Compounding of Purchased Resins (325991)
Chemical: Antimony compounds

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2020

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:: S35: Other improvements to inventory and material management	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	S35: Manner implemented inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) to better ensure that all materials will be consumed in the product and not wasted.
2021	Source Reduction:: S35: Other improvements to inventory and material management	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	S35: Manner implemented inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) to better ensure that all materials will be consumed in the product and not wasted.
2020	Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W21: Manner implemented inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) to better ensure that all materials will be consumed in the product and not wasted.
2019	Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W21: Manner implemented inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) to better ensure that all materials will be consumed in the product and not wasted.
2018	Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W21: Manner implemented inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) to better ensure that all materials are consumed in the product and not wasted.
2017	Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W21: Manner implements inventory control procedures to match material purchases with demand (purchase orders) so as to better ensure that all materials will be consumed in the product and not wasted.
2016	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W19: Continued existing practices in inventory control to ensure that materials purchased are consumed in the final product. Source Reduction - Regular inventory tracking.
2015	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W19: Manner continues to work on its inventory control practices to reduce the amount of unused virgin chemicals that are discarded. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - There was a 100% reduction in the amount of antimony-containing unused virgin chemicals that were discarded in 2015 as compared to 2014. No unused antimony-containing fire retardants were discarded in 2015 whereas >2000 lb were discarded in 2014.
2014	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2013	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W19: The antimony compounds primarily result from the use of fire retardants at the site as a formulation component of the PVC pellets. Manner conducts best operating practices and inventory control to prevent excess use/waste of the fire retard. Source Reduction - Manner conducts routine inventory and continuously tracks production to ensure that material consumption is in balance with production and inventory data.
2012	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2011	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	Other Environmental Practices - Manner Plastics continues efforts to reduce process waste.
2010	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2009	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2008	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2007	Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2006	Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
2005	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2004	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2002	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2001	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)

*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.