Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2019
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 |
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - During 2022, Lubrizol's Louisville Plant implemented 6 separate projects that saved and will continue saving a total of 24.4 million gallons of water, annually. One of those projects won the Waste Minimization, Reuse and Recycling Award in the American Chemistry Council's Responsible Care awards program. Lubrizol was recognized for its Centrate Recycle project at its Louisville, Kentucky, plant. The goal was to reduce water and steam consumption and to decrease the volume of water sent to the local publicly owned treatment works (POTW), through recycling materials in new ways. This enabled the plant to replace 50% of the hot water it used in a process and to eliminate the steam addition needed, saving 11.5 million gallons of water, 3.2 million pounds of steam and more than 240 tons of CO2 emissions annually. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - During 2022, Lubrizol's Louisville Plant implemented 10 separate projects that saved and will continue saving a total of 0.83 million KWh of electricity and 6.86 million lbs. of steam, annually. |
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| 2020 |
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W32: Implemented a new procedure to evacuate the chlorine supply lines to the reactors if the processing unit was shutting down. This prevents a potential chlorine leak in process piping. |
| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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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")