TRI Pollution Prevention Report for CHROMA COLOR CORP and Zinc compounds

Facility ID: 01453SPCTR50FRA

Facility Name and Address:
CHROMA COLOR CORP
50 FRANCIS ST
LEOMINSTER, MA 01453

Parent Company: CHROMA COLOR CORP

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

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2017

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*
2017	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits	W42: Substituted Calcium Stearate in place of Zinc Stearate where aplicable
2016	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W42: Substituting Calcium Stearate for Zinc Stearate in many products, as applicable
2015	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2014	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - The major contributor to zinc compounds is zinc stearate. We are substituting calcium stearate or EBS wax on ant new product wherever technically possible
2013	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2012	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2011	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W42: Calcium Stearate is being substituted for zinc srearate wearever posible Source Reduction - additional personel have been added that concentrates on reducing waste items
2010	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2009	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2008	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2007	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2006	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2005	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2004	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other

*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.