Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2020
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:: S21: Optimized process conditions to increase efficiency[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. |
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We continue to try to find outlets for our scrap production. Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Difficult to meet flame resistance without a suitable alternative. |
| 2021 |
Source Reduction:: S03: Substituted raw materials, feedstock, or reactant chemical
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance |
S03: Altered formulation based better available chemicals due to shortages Source Reduction - Team effort employed to maximize production with available materials Source Reduction - Some assistance from external vendor resources |
| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-15-24%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. |
W42: checking alternative flame retardants to provide similar product performance Source Reduction: Source Reduction - several efforts underway to reduce waste throughout facility Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - the product is used as a flame retardant. Finding alternatives with equal performance is challenging |
| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. |
W14: Efforts are being made to minimize waste that results from product changeovers. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We are continuing to look for sources for recycle Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Work is continuing to find alternatives. No current options for some formulations |
| 2018 |
Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Scrap rate reduction thru process optimization. |
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| 2017 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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| 2016 |
Source Reduction:: W54: Instituted better controls on operating bulk containers to minimize discarding[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
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W54: Improved mixing capability for totes of raw material. Resulted in less residual liquid in containers. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Instituted Environmental awareness programs at the facility |
| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
Source Reduction:: W82: Modified design or composition of product |
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 |
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| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W53: Use of a differant process catalyst
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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W53: chemical formulated out of some products |
| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
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W58: Equipment was modified to improve machine effeciency and yield at end of reporting year |
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")