TRI Pollution Prevention Report for AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS USA LLC-MOUNT CLEMENS PLANT and N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone

Facility ID: 48043DPNTM400GR

Facility Name and Address:
AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS USA LLC-MOUNT CLEMENS PLANT
400 GROESBECK HWY
MOUNT CLEMENS, MI 48043

Parent Company: AXALTA COATING SYSTEMS LLC

Industry: Paint and Coating Manufacturing (325510)
Chemical: N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical


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    Waste Management Comparison - 2021



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*
2020
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities.

2019
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities.

2018
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities.

2017
Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimization and pollution prevention opportunities

2016 Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.

Source Reduction: Ways P2 Was Incorporated in Original Process Design - Axalta has a team of environmental and process engineers who meet monthly to identify and develop pollution prevention activities

Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Axalta recycles all of its waste solvent materials

Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - No known substitutes or alternative technologies

2015 Barriers: B7-No Information B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.

Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The site increased on and off-site reclamation of solvents and other materials in 2015.

Other Environmental Practices: Methods for Identifying Pollution Prevention Opportunities - Site personnel meet monthly to discuss and pursue waste minimuzation and pollution prevention opportunities

2014
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The site has increase both on-site and off-site recycling activities

2013 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Other Environmental Practices - The site continues to increas on and off-site recycling efforts and reduction of emissions and landfill wastes
2012 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
*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.