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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| 2020 |
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 - Automation implemented in 2019. |
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| 2019 |
Source Reduction:: W66: Modified or installed rinse systems[-5-14%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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W66: The zinc rinse system has been updated with automated equipment, improving the overall effectiveness of the system. Source Reduction - Employee recommended the upgrade which was successful. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - Our cement waste and zinc phosphate waste containing zinc is sent to VLS recovery services that convert the waste into heat, electricity and fuel via combustion and gassification. |
| 2018 |
Other Barriers to Source Reduction - No additional source reduction efforts were explored in 2018. |
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| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-25-49%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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| 2007 |
Source Reduction:: W51: Instituted recirculation within a process
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T05: Employee recommendation (independent of a formal company program)
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Source Reduction - In 2007 we added a filter press and began removing precipitated solids from the zinc phosphate tank. We reduced tank clean outs from 24 times per year to 2 times per year. Drums of waste zinc phosphate was reduced by 91 %. Purchases of fresh zinc phospahte was reduced by 41 %. |
| 2004 |
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)
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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")