TRI Pollution Prevention Report for ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS N.A. and Zinc compounds

Facility ID: 48836THRMFONETH

Facility Name and Address:
ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS N.A.
900 E VAN RIPER
FOWLERVILLE, MI 48836

Parent Company: ASAHI KASEI PLASTICS NORTH AMERICA

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

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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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:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2014		Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.	Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Recycling of scrap plastic Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No known substitutes for the various zinc pigments and stabilizers. Use of zinc compounds is kept to the minimum formulation for product requirements. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - ISO 14001 Certified Environmental Management System
2013			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - in 2013 encountered damaged packaging from supplier which accounts for most of the landfill issue. Asahi is limited in the pigments it can use to turn plastics white and maintain their strength.
2012	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - Increased employee empowerment of process activity

*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.