TRI Pollution Prevention Report for TECHMER PM LLC ILLINOIS and Lead compounds

Facility ID: 60510SHPDW900DO

Facility Name and Address:
TECHMER PM LLC ILLINOIS
900 DOUGLAS RD
BATAVIA, IL 60510

Parent Company: TECHMER PM LLC

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

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*
2020			Other Environmental Practices - Product is encapsulated into a plastic pellet reducing the likelihood of compound escaping the process and posing risk to the environment.
2019			Other Environmental Practices - Product is encapsulated into a plastic pellet reducing the likelihood of lead compounds escaping the process and posing risk to the environment.
2018			Other Environmental Practices - Product is encapsulated into a plastic pellet reducing the likelihood of lead compounds escaping the process and posing risk to the environment.
2016			Other Environmental Practices - All materials are in a plastic encapsulated medium which minimizes the likelihood of the lead compounds ending up in the environment. Materials are received in plastic pellet form and leave the facility in a plastic pellet form.
2015			Other Environmental Practices - All materials are in a plastic encapsulated medium which minimizes the likelihood of the lead compounds getting into the environment. Materials are received in a plastic pellet form and leave the facility in a plastic pellet form.

*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.