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 |
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and purse waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities. |
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| 2019 |
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and purse waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities. |
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| 2018 |
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and purse waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities. |
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| 2017 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimuzation and pollution prevention opportunities Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - The site currently recycles over 1.2 million lbs of this material on site and sends over 300,000 lbs for reclaim off site. |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Source Reduction: Ways P2 Was Incorporated in Original Process Design - Axalta has a team of environmental and process engineers who meet monthly to identify and develop pollution prevention activities Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Axalta recycles all of its waste solvent materials Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No known substitutes or alternative technologies |
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| 2015 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The site increased on and off-site reclamation of solvents and other materials in 2015. Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - The site currently reclaims this solvent Other Environmental Practices: Methods for Identifying Pollution Prevention Opportunities - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimuzation and pollution prevention opportunities |
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| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The site has increased both off-site and on-site recycling efforts |
| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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Other Environmental Practices - The site continues to increase on and off site recycling efforts and reduction of emissions and landfill wastes. |
| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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| 1993 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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| 1992 |
Source Reduction:: W71: Other cleaning and degreasing modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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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")