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* |
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| 2018 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Driven by product production volume in which the formulation is set and cannot be altered. |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - These production volumes have continued to drop as the newer technologies are implemented. Eventually the product family will be be replaced, but we are eliminating product offerings. |
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| 2015 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Old technology with no known replacements |
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| 2014 |
Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Energy recovery in RY2014 instead of recycling in RY2013. |
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| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W14: The procss was transferred from our East Providence location to this site in 2013. Upon doing so we made many process changes to reduce the amount of waste generation. Source Reduction - This year and looking forward, the operations team continues to identify scheduling opportunities to reduce the # of equipment crossovers in order to reduce the amount of waste material generated. |
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.
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- 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")