TRI Pollution Prevention Report for COMMSCOPE INC (CATAWBA FACILITY) and Copper

Facility ID: 28609CMMSCPOBOX

Facility Name and Address:
COMMSCOPE INC (CATAWBA FACILITY)
6519 COMM SCOPE RD
CATAWBA, NC 28609

Parent Company: COMMSCOPE INC

Industry: Other Communication and Energy Wire Manufacturing (335929)
Chemical: Copper

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: Newly Implemented Source Reduction Activity Section 8.10: Methods to Identify Activity Section 8.11: Optional Pollution Prevention Information*
2022
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The facility aims to recycle spend copper scrap debris to provide further advanced pollution prevention activities.

2021
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The facility aims to recycle spent copper scrap debris to provide further advanced pollution prevention activities.

2015 Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers

Source Reduction:: W15: Introduced an in-line product quality monitoring or other process analysis system

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2008 Other Environmental Practices - Found one of the recycled data points was actually a product that was being sold as cable and not recycled material thus reducing the recycle amount from 517,538 to293,339
2001 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2000 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1999 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1998 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1997 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
*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:
Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.