TRI Pollution Prevention Report for RMF - ROY METAL FINISHING and Nickel compounds

Facility ID: 2967WRMFXX1515L

Facility Name and Address:
RMF - ROY METAL FINISHING
1515 OLD GROVE RD
PIEDMONT, SC 29673

Parent Company: AALBERTS US HOLDING CORP

Industry: Electroplating, Plating, Polishing, Anodizing, and Coloring (332813)
Chemical: Nickel 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:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S41: Constantly reviewing production requirements to only run processes at 100% capacity.
2021	Source Reduction:: S41: Improved scheduling, record keeping, or procedures for operations, cleaning, and maintenance	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	S41: Scheduling of chemical maintenance improved considering when production activities had to occur.
2020	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	W13: Weekly meeting to review production schedule and maintenance activities. Source Reduction - Weekly process service and and production scheduling meetings. Source Reduction - Formal suggestion system for improvements. Source Reduction - Monthly vendor review of operating parameters and process review. More frequently if needed.
2019	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W13: Weekly team management meeting to optimize chemical consumption and waste generation. Source Reduction - Team meeting weekly with involved parties.
2018	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W13: Weekly production reviews regarding production figures and chemical usage. Source Reduction - Production and process team participates in weekly reviews.
2017	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W13: Internal zincit.net system to improve tracking of process operations. Source Reduction - Weekly production line process review. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Water saving technology implemented on process lines as a source reduction.
2016	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance	W13: Continuous improvement of production activities to optimize process.
2015	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Weekly tank service meetings to review tank service frequency.

*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.