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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| 2019 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Other Environmental Practices - The site is constantly looking for opportunities to minimize its environmental impact and conducts quarterly environmental audits per the ISO 14001 program (in addition to daily routine housekeeping inspections) to ensure housekeeping, BMPs, and other control measures are operating effectively.
Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Chromium is a component in the feedstock metal that's being processed, and changing the metal product to reduce the amount of chromium would likely diminish the necessary specifications to meet customer quality demands. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - The facility is an ISO 14001 site and one of the environmental objectives is to reduce the amount of waste & scrap metal generated, which in turn reduces the amount of off-site scrap metal transfers. While this material is recycled, the site still tries to minimize the amount of metal scrap generated through strategic sourcing of our metal castings. In addition, the facility ensures that stormwater best management practices are followed, such as placing tarps or covers over scrap metal bins, to minimize chromium and other metals becoming entrained in the storm water. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The facility ensures that all applicable metals containing chromium that can be recycled are recycled. The facility uses a scrap metal vendor that collects all metal scrap and recycles the product at their facility. |
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| 2018 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - The facility is an ISO 14001 site and one of the environmental objectives and targets is to reduce the amount of scrap metal generated, which in turn reduces the amount of off-site scrap metal transfers. While this material is recycled, it's still in the site's best interest to minimize scrap transfers. In addition, the facility ensures that stormwater best management practices are followed, such as placing tarps or covers over scrap metal bins, to minimize chromium and other metals becoming entrained in the storm water. Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Chromium is a component in the feedstock metal being processed, and changing the metal feedstock to reduce the chromium quantity would likely diminish the necessary specifications to meet customer quality demands. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The facility ensures that all applicable metals containing chromium that can be recycled are recycled. The facility has hired a new scrap metal recycling company to ensure more material can be properly recycled. Source Reduction: Methods for Identifying Pollution Prevention Opportunities - The site is constantly looking for opportunities to minimize its environmental impact and conducts monthly environmental audits per the ISO 14001 program (in addition to daily routine housekeeping inspections) to ensure housekeeping, BMPs, and other control measures are operating effectively. |
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| 2017 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - The chromium is a component in the feedstock metal being machined, and changing the metal feedstock to reduce the chromium quantity would reduce product quality and isn't viable for the business. Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - The facility ensures that best management practices are followed as it pertains to storm water pollution prevention by placing tarps or covers over scrap and metal shavings recycling bins. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - The facility ensures that all applicable metals containing chromium which can be recycled are recycled. |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B3-Barriers to P2 B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction.
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Other Environmental Practices: General Environmental Management - Facility ensures that best practices are followed as it pertains to storm water pollution prevention by placing tarps over scrap and metal shavings recycling bins. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Facility ensures that all applicable metals that can be recycled are recycled. Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Materials which contain chromium are integral parts to our product quality, and thus it's not feasible for it to be replaced at this time. |
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")