TRI Pollution Prevention Report for 3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER and Sodium nitrite

Facility ID: 55016MCHMLHIGHW

Facility Name and Address:
3M COTTAGE GROVE CENTER
10746 INNOVATION RD
COTTAGE GROVE, MN 55016

Parent Company: 3M CO

Industry: All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing (325998)
Chemical: Sodium nitrite

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*
2016 Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2015 Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
2012 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T01: Internal pollution prevention opportunity audit(s)
2008 Source Reduction:: W52: Modified equipment, layout, or piping
Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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)
Other Environmental Practices - Implemented a denitrification project in the activated sludge process at our industrial wastewater treatment plant resulting in a significant reduction in the emission of this chemical in our effluent.
2007 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
2006 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2004 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond
Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2003 Source Reduction:: W21: Instituted procedures to ensure that materials do not stay in inventory beyond
Source Reduction:: W29: Other changes in inventory control
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T11: Other
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2002 Source Reduction:: W42: Substituted raw materials
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2001 Source Reduction:: W19: Other changes in operating practices
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
2000 Source Reduction:: W58: Other process modifications
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.