TRI Pollution Prevention Report for KAWNEER COMMERCIAL WINDOWS LLC. and Xylene (mixed isomers)

Facility ID: 15095TRCTHCRANB

Facility Name and Address:
KAWNEER COMMERCIAL WINDOWS LLC.
71 PROGRESS AVE
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA 16066

Parent Company: ARCONIC CORP

Industry: Metal Window and Door Manufacturing (332321)
Chemical: Xylene (mixed isomers)

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical


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    Waste Management Comparison - 2021



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*
2018 Barriers: B4-Barriers to P2 B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful.

Barriers to P2: B4 - Source reduction activities were implemented but were unsuccessful. - Chemical substitution trials were not successful for production/equipment

2016 Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Material is a component of the coatings used in the process. Coating use is driven by customer orders.

2013 Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2012 Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Source Reduction:: W74: Improved application techniques
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2009 Other Environmental Practices - Altenative solvent (to toluene) has higher percentage of xylene. TRACO recycles said solvent off-site
1999 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
1998 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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: T10: Vendor assistance
1993 Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
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:
Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.