TRI Pollution Prevention Report for AAVID THERMACORE INC. and Lead

Facility ID: 17604THRMC780ED

Facility Name and Address:
AAVID THERMACORE INC.
780 EDEN RD
LANCASTER, PA 17601

Parent Company: LTI HOLDINGS INC

Industry: All Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing (339999)
Chemical: Lead

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*
2017	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices[-15-24%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	W19: Aavid thermacore has a policy that leaded solders will not be used unless specifically required by the customer. Source Reduction - Engineering Drawing Reviews.
2016			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Leaded solders are only used when required by the customer.
2015	Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other	Source Reduction - Customer assistance to change the design to non-leaded solder alternatives. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Thermacore recycles all waste metals including leaded solder and dross. The amount recycled is dependent on product mix/design as well as annual sales. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Thermacore always tries to use non-leaded solder but some customers specify and require leaded solder alloys.
2014			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Lead is only used when required by a customer.
2013			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - The use of lead is driven by customer demand and is not at Thermacore's discretion. Thermacore uses non-leaded solder whenever we are given that option.
2012			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Leaded solder is only used when mandated by our customers. Any dross or scrap is collected and recycled offsite. None was recycled during 2012.

*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.