TRI Pollution Prevention Report for 3M CO CHELMSFORD and Antimony compounds

Facility ID: 01824MLCTR279BI

Facility Name and Address:
3M CO CHELMSFORD
279 BILLERICA RD
CHELMSFORD, MA 01824

Parent Company: 3M CO

Industry: All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)
Chemical: Antimony compounds

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2018

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: Source Reduction - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track, and communicate waste reduction activities. Process modifications have helped improve quality and inventory control.
2021			Source Reduction: Source Reduction - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities.Process modifications have helped improve quality and inventory control.
2020			Other Environmental Practices - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Process modifications have helped improve quality and inventory control.
2019	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W58: Process modifications have helped improve quality and inventory control. Source Reduction - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities.
2018	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W58: Process modifications have helped improve quality and inventory control. Source Reduction - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities.
2017	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2016	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W58: Process modifications have helped improve quality, and inventory control. Source Reduction - We use a Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities.
2015	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)	Other Environmental Practices - Waste reduction projects were achieved through the use of Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies as well as utilizing input from operators from the Lean Tier Communication process. Using the Lean Tier process to also communicate waste reduction activities.
2014	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	Other Environmental Practices - Waste reduction was achieved through the use of Lean Six Sigma tools and methodologies. Process modifications have helped improve quality and reduce waste. Using Lean Tier process to identify, track and communicate waste reduction activities.
2013	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)	W58: Process modifications have helped improve quality and reduce scrap (waste). Source Reduction - Waste reduction activities identified and tracked through Tier review process Source Reduction - There is a waste reduction team on site that works to identify and carry out waste reduction activities. Other Environmental Practices - Waste reduction is achieved through use of lean six sigma tools and projects. In 2013, we focused on yield improvement for our multiwall product line.
2012	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)	W49: An additive used to reduce off-spec material W52: Worked to eliminate unexpected shutdowns (decreased startup waste.)Added weigh feeders to reduce waste inputs Source Reduction - 3M Chelmsford has been working to eliminate waste by using good operating practices, inventory control, and process control. Some projects that helped us reduce waste are detailed below.
2011	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2010	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	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: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
2009	Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
1999	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1998	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1997	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1996	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1995	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1994	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
1993	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits

*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.