TRI Pollution Prevention Report for KALSEC INC and n-Hexane

Facility ID: 49007KLSCN3713W

Facility Name and Address:
KALSEC INC
3713 W MAIN ST
KALAMAZOO, MI 49006

Parent Company:

Industry: Spice and Extract Manufacturing (311942)
Chemical: n-Hexane

Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical


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    Waste Management Comparison - 2016



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*
2018 Source Reduction:: W49: Other raw material modifications[-15-24%]
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2017 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2016 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
W58: Process improvement implemented

2015 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials[-50-99%]
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2012 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2010 Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2009 Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems

Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2008 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems

Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2007 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2006 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2005 Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
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
2004 Source Reduction:: W35: Installed vapor recovery systems
Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2003 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1998 Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1997 Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1996 Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
1995 Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
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:
Facilities may also provide optional Pollution Prevention Information describing their source reduction, recycling, or pollution control activities.