TRI Pollution Prevention Report for KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS and Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

Facility ID: 29644MTSTH1MITA

Facility Name and Address:
KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS
1 AVX BLVD
FOUNTAIN INN, SC 29644

Parent Company: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS CORP

Industry: Electronic Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor Manufacturing (334416)
Chemical: Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7))

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	Source Reduction:: S22: Instituted recirculation within a process[-0-4%]	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	S22: Reusing slip when possible. Source Reduction - Management teams tasked with scrap reduction.
2020		Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.	Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We have a great team that gives a lot of effort to ensure we are following the guidance from or regulatory community and are always looking for new ways to become sustainable. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We have a large recycle program here. We are recycling some formulations when we can. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Some of our materials are used for energy recovery. Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - This material is critical to the production process of our parts.
2019			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Production increases.
2017			Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Rework material tailings.

*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.