TRI Pollution Prevention Report for GREIF PACKAGING LLC and Certain glycol ethers

Facility ID: 77571VNLRC10850

Facility Name and Address:
GREIF PACKAGING LLC
10850 STRANG RD
LA PORTE, TX 77571

Parent Company: GREIF INC

Industry: Other Metal Container Manufacturing (332439)
Chemical: Certain glycol ethers

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

lchemid=N230

Waste Management Comparison - 2014

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*
2019	Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T07: State government technical assistance program	Source Reduction - capturing paint residue from drum bottoms and using instead of disposing of them Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - capturing paint residue
2018	Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - capture paint residues in drum bottoms by draining into a full drum and utilizing the material
2017	Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	W64: Improved the draining procedure of empty paint drums, recycle draining of drums. Source Reduction - Drainage recommendation came from process operator. Drain residues from used drum into a new drum versus washing down with water and having the water shipped off site for treatment. The drum residues are than baked in and shipped off for scrap steel. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Capture paint residues in drum bottoms by draining into a full drum and utilizing the material.
2016	Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)	W64: Waste water reduction with paint waste drum cleaning practice, send drums RCRA clean to Drumco for reconditioning. Source Reduction - Cleaning opportunities in paint booth operations to eliminate waste.
2015	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-0-4%] Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques[-0-4%] Source Reduction:: W56: Reduced or eliminated use of an organic solvent[-50-99%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W56: Raw material transition complete in 2016 for reduction of organic solvent usage for spray application. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - In an effort for the facility to actively participate in the corporate zero waste to landfill initiative. The manufacturing facility recycled 26 tons of corrugated cardboard in 2015. This cardboard was a product of incoming components used in manufacturing. This is cardboard that once went into the trash compactor and eventually ended up in a landfill.
2014	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%] Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications[-0-4%] Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques[-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: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	Source Reduction - Continuation of improvements made in 2014. Assistance of further reduction of N230 through engineering, technical services and vendor assistance in coating application.
2013	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques	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: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	Source Reduction - Activity 1 - Includes the use of eMaint for PM's, T cards for maintenance activities, tracking of PM's and maintenance activites through database. Activity 2 - Assistance from coating supplier for interior lining, formulation contains reduced amounts of 313 chemicals. Activity 3 - Reduced nozzle tip size, utilize correct tips for spray booths, vendor assistance and documented PM's.
2012	Source Reduction:: W59: Modified stripping/cleaning equipment Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2011	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices Source Reduction:: W59: Modified stripping/cleaning equipment Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: Increased cycle counts of raw material containing reported chemical. W59: Cleaning of spray paint booth process improved with employee suggestion. W72: Reduced spray tips added to spray guns at vendor suggestion and material application. W74: New and updated product process production line installed during 2011. Source Reduction - Weekly review by management of raw material through mmetrics review meeting.
2010	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications Source Reduction:: W59: Modified stripping/cleaning equipment Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance

*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.