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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| 2020 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Implemented a 'just in time' for our production steel inventory. Instead of keeping 6 months of inventory, we went to 2 months; this includes a 'safety stock' quantity. This reduced our inventory by several hundred thousand pounds. |
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| 2017 | Source Reduction - a) Loss of two customer related products in 2017 b) Reduction of inventory - went to just in time production c) Better labeling of product through various phases of productiond) Corrected error in calculations from prior year(s) submission (Section 4.1) | ||
| 2013 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Our customers dictate the grade and quantity of steel used to make their products |
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")