TRI Pollution Prevention Report for GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC PLANT 1 & 2 and Styrene

Facility ID: 46516GLBLG28967

Facility Name and Address:
GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC PLANT 1 & 2
28967 OLD US 33 W
ELKHART, IN 46516

Parent Company: GLOBAL COMPOSITES INC

Industry: All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing (326199)
Chemical: Styrene

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*
2022 Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Production was down and this division was closed in anticipation of it being re-opened first quarter of 2023, However, 1st quarter 2023 hasn't picked up so this locations production operations are still down. Estimated re opening July 2023

2021 Source Reduction:: S33: Improved containment or material handling operations

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Source Reduction - Installation of scales to manage consistent raw material usage and part weights,
Source Reduction - Vendors keeping products as low styrene content as possible without causing part warranty issues
2020 Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas

Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - We already are using flow coat technology and reduced styrene contents. At the current time, no other technology has proven as an acceptable method for these types of component parts.

Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - We practice best inventory controls first in first out procedures to use product before shelve life expires, we use scales to weigh materials for consistency in products produced and to eliminate waste, we follow controlled spray training technology to utilize the best available data for application to minimize waste.

2019 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
W58: utilizing scales and weigh parts and material so we can track waste and make sure that raw materials are not being wasted.

2018 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2017 Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program

Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Participation with trade associations for alternative solutions and lower styrene products and application methods.

2016 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
W21: First in first out and smaller deliveries from suppliers

2015 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond

Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2014 Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2012 Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control

Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Source Reduction - Changes in the actual HAP contents of the gelcoats and resins being used. Changes were being made towards the end of the year many of the gelcoats dropped a percent. Also having our deliveries scheduled so we don't have too much product waiting to be used in house. It is delivered by production based schedules.
2011 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Other Environmental Practices - Nothing else to add, other than we use vendor assistance, trade association assistance in all efforts to reduce and implement source reduction recycling activiites.
2010 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2008 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures

Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2007 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures

Source Reduction:: W41: Increased purity or raw materials
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2006 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2005 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2004 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2003 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
2002 Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications


Source Reduction:: W75: Changed from spray to other system


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1999 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations


Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
1998 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations


Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T09: Trade association/industry technical assistance program
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
1997 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1996 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1995 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1994 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations
Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention
Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1993 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond

Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1992 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond

Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Source Reduction:: W72: Modified spray systems or equipment


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1991 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials


Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T10: Vendor assistance
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
*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.