TRI Pollution Prevention Report for READING ALLOYS INC. and Aluminum (fume or dust)

Facility ID: 19551RDNGLPOBOX

Facility Name and Address:
READING ALLOYS INC.
220 OLD W PENN AVE
ROBESONIA, PA 19551

Parent Company: NA

Industry: Secondary Smelting and Alloying of Aluminum (331314)
Chemical: Aluminum (fume or dust)

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical

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Waste Management Comparison - 2022

Pollution Prevention Activities for Selected Chemical

Reporting Year	Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity	Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information*
2021	Barriers: B1-Barriers to P2 B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat	Barriers to P2: B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat - Due to the impact of COVID, production has been down and has been slow to ramp up. This will be a focus in 2022 and beyond as sales and production increase
2017		Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Improved dust collection technology is being investigated.
2016		Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Improved dust collection technology is being investigated
2012		Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Pollution prevention previously implemented- additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feasible.

*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.