TRI Pollution Prevention Report for HEXPOL COMPOUNDING BURTON RUBBER PROCESSING and Certain glycol ethers

Facility ID: 44021BRTNR14330

Facility Name and Address:
HEXPOL COMPOUNDING BURTON RUBBER PROCESSING
14330 KINSMAN RD
BURTON, OH 44021

Parent Company: HEXPOL HOLDINGS INC

Industry: All Other Rubber Product Manufacturing (326299)
Chemical: Certain glycol ethers

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*
2021
2020	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: team review Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - recycling where it exist
2019	Source Reduction:: W89: Other product modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W89: Production during 2019 was down. Formulations change on a daily basis which affect reporting and P2. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Production during 2019 was down. Formulations change on a daily basis which affect reporting and P2.
2018			Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Increase in production for materials using this chemical.
2016	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	W19: Reduced production but changes in formulations. Source Reduction - Reduced production but changes in formulations. Source Reduction: Source Reduction - Reduced production but changes in formulations.
2013	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2012	Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management	Source Reduction - Teams were used to assess processes within the facility to improve line efficiency and control of raw materials.
1992	Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications	Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management 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:

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.