Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2022
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:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
S44: Training and reduction in remakes and cutoffs that contribute to waste. Source Reduction - Recycling efforts used where possible to recover copper compounds for reuse. Source Reduction - Copper compounds change to more effective compounds Source Reduction - requesting information on more efficient copper compounds. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - electroplating process requires copper compounds currently available, research into alternative compounds with greater efficiency is ongoing. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Greater efforts for recycling activities to reduce wastes. |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
S21: updated exhaust systems and filtration, efficiency improvement and quality controls. Source Reduction - Monitor and review efficiency through pressure drops and filtration. Source Reduction - working closer with Machine vendor to improve quality and efficiency Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - increase collection of recyclable materials from the process to reclaim resources that can be used again. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - at this time optional substitutes for products or machinery are not available. increasing efficiency and lowering waste production is a viable answer. |
| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) |
W19: Monitor and modify production activities to minimize waste and raw material needs. Source Reduction - Maintain a level of raw material to maximize utilization/consumption to reduce on hand levels and waste. Source Reduction - Manage by actively involvement with day to day production and remake's to lower the need use more resources to produce/maintain product throughput. Source Reduction - Addition of Manufacturing machinery to improve the efficiency and lower raw material consumption. and aid in the reduction of materials needed. |
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")