TRI Pollution Prevention Report for PRYSMIAN CABLE & SYSTEMS LLC and Lead compounds

Facility ID: 06226BRNTC1600W

Facility Name and Address:
PRYSMIAN CABLE & SYSTEMS LLC
1600 WEST MAIN ST
WILLIMANTIC, CT 06226

Parent Company: PRYSMIAN CABLES & SYSTEMS (US) INC

Industry: Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing (335929)
Chemical: Lead compounds

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

lchemid=N420

Waste Management Comparison - 1994

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*
2015			Source Reduction: Source Reduction - The site as been reducing the amount of lead content in their compounds.
2014			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The site has increased recycling activities for compound plastic waste by 25% in CY 2014
2013			Other Environmental Practices - Willimantic Waste Paper transfers 100% of non-recyled plastic waste to energy recovery facility. This eliminated transfer of plastic waste to landfill.
2012			Other Environmental Practices - Willimantic Waste Paper transfers 100% of non-recycled plastics to an energy recovery location. This has eliminated all transfers of non-recycled plastics to landfill.
2005	Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2003	Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1994	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management

*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.