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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| 2014 |
Barriers: B6-Barriers to P2 B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas
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Barriers to P2: B6 - Pollution prevention previously implemented - additional reduction does not appear technically or economically feas - We have seriously considered converting process to trivalent chromium instead of hexavalent numerous times in past but market is not ready for the appearance or the corrosion protection level. although trivalent chrome process has come long ways, still not match for existing process Source Reduction: Ways P2 Was Incorporated in Original Process Design - Cascading rinsesPreventive checks of solution tanks, valves of the pumps carrying solution, hose integrity, if compromised , repaired instantly. Control of surface tension of solution to minimize drag out of the solution. Rack design engineered to minimize solution carrying out, Part orientation is based on preventing solution being carried out of the tank. Participation in many case at the initial design of the part to prevent solution being dragged out. |
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| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Source Reduction:: W32: Improved procedures for loading, unloading, and transfer operations Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources Source Reduction:: W39: Other spill or leak prevention |
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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management 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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) |
Source Reduction - Management has always made pollution prevention a major priority and always support any step needed to be taken . Source Reduction - We have dedicated people who keep vigilant eyes on first sight of any tank with slightest compromised health. Those tanks with potential leak get repaired instantly. Other Environmental Practices - We are constantly looking for sources to recycle the waste we generate. Prefer recycling over landfill the waste. It has always been a priority. |
| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources |
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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) 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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
W19: Prior to any part being considered for plating, it goes through a critical team review of rack design , a very important factor, discussed is, the drainage of the solution while transferring parts from one tank to the next to avoid cross conta W36: On going Source Reduction - Each and all employees are encourage to participate. Source Reduction - Solution maintenance and maintenance department have their routine checks in place. Source Reduction - Technical team involvement is valued Source Reduction - We plate over hollow Aluminum tubes. Which got plated on outside surface. The surface that is inside the hollow tube remains non plated, Aluminum. As that parts progress through the process, the inner exposed Aluminum would dissolved in the plating baths. Which turned out to be an impurity . This proved detrimental to chromium plating baths. It took a while to identify the problem, in past we decanted chromium plating baths when Aluminum concentration got high.Over period of time, we have learn to assign only one chromium plating bath to Aluminum substrate we also have had to figure out the maximum concentration bath would allow without producing scarp . Now we decant only one bath, instead of 6 baths. We also have learnt process much better to understand level of Aluminum at which it becomes detrimental to plating process.We also started sending spent chrome solution to place that reuses it instead of treat and land fill. |
| 2011 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures |
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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) 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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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| 2010 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures |
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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) 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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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| 2009 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
Source Reduction:: W64: Improved draining procedures |
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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) 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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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| 2008 |
Source Reduction:: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping Source Reduction:: W65: Redesigned parts racks to reduce dragout |
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: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
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| 2007 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
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| 2006 |
Source Reduction:: W33: Installed overflow alarms or automatic shutoff valves
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s) Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
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| 2005 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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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: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program) |
Other Environmental Practices - We meet twice a week at technical meeting which is attended by plating manager, plating supervisor, quality department, maintenance manager, General manager and very first topic on agenda for every meeting is pollution prevention. There daily functions and problems as well as preventions are discussed and implemented . |
| 2002 |
Source Reduction:: W36: Implemented inspection or monitoring program of potential spill or leak sources
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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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")