Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2015
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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| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W39: Maintenance schedules have been adjusted to reflect the life of material handling stock lines. Source Reduction - Weekly EHS incident meeting are held reviewing and following through investigating spill and release type incidents to prevent reoccurrence. Source Reduction: General Environmental Management - Spills and releases are investigated by an investigation team and corrective actions are taken to prevent re-occurrence. |
| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W13: Near miss investigations of small spills have identified root causes which were corrected with the development of new PM schedules and replacement parts. Source Reduction - The Environmental Health and Safty Steering Team is the spearhhead for multiple Source Reduction - Prevention of spills and production waste is a high priority at our facility driven by Environmental Health and safety Team engagement. |
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")