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* |
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| 2014 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - Other technology exist to substitute for Formaldehyde but it comes in the form of less effective resins, that are more costly to make. Unless regulations demand, our customers are not willing to pay for the current substitution option. Source Reduction: General Environmental Management - We make every attempt to use left over or "extra" resin back into the process via FIFO (first in, first out). This helps to minimize how much goes out as waste. |
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| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W43: Substituted a feedstock or reagent chemical with a different chemical
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
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W43: Addition of more urea which scavanges free a portion of the formaldehyde released during curing. Source Reduction - This a combined effort on the part of our RnD and Production teams. Other Environmental Practices - We mentioned last year a corporate edict to remove formaldehyde from our resins by year-end 2014. That directive has not come to fruition. However, we are now using more urea to scavange free formaldehyde that is emitted during the oven curing process (where all emissions are generated). From RnD tube furnace emissions testing, we have determined that we emit less than 100 ppm formaldehyde on any formaldehyde-containing resins we run. Only one family of our resins contains formaldehyde, and the amount of those resins that we run in any given year is customer driven. Therefore, we can see an increase overall formaldehyde but the proportional releases are less due to our pollution reduction control efforts. |
| 2011 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - We practice re-utilization of our phenolic resins back into the process when possible so that it limits both hazardous waste generation and new raw materials use. It also bears noting that our corporate executive team has stated that we are pushing to have all formaldehyde removed from our resin chemistries by year end 2014. |
| 2007 |
Source Reduction:: W14: Changed production schedule to minimize equipment and feedstock changeovers
Source Reduction:: W82: Modified design or composition of product |
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management
Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T04: Participative team management |
Source Reduction - Formaldehyde is inherently in our solvent-based grades. Our R&D group has also designed "latex-based" aka water-based grades which contain very small amounts of formaldehyde. We are promoting for our customers to make the switch to the latex-based. Some are doing so in a slow, but steady rate. |
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")