Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2019
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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| 2022 |
Source Reduction:: S23: Implemented new technology, technique, or process
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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S23: Purchasing changed their ordering process to keep lean inventory on-site and not to store bulk materials. |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S44: Other improvements to operating practices and training[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Barriers: B8-No Information B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
S44: Creative ways for utilizing restricted material sizes and options were initiated at the employee and supervisor level. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Materials became increasingly difficult to acquire over the last year, so there were instances where unfavorable sizes and amounts of the material had to be purchased. This was due to vendor restrictions. |
| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W81: Changed product specifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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Source Reduction - Engineering led this initiative. |
| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W52: Burn table process was modified so that there is less scrap left over to recycle. Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Sizes of sheet metal or standardized. The cost to have specialized sheet sizes would not be economically feasible. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - All scrap metal is sent for metal recovery. No scrap metal is sent for disposal from this facility. |
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")