Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2022
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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| 2022 |
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Sending waste lime to a recycler instead of a landfill |
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| 2019 |
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Added all of our scrap tile to the raw material mix |
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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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Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - Material sent for recycling is used in the manufacture of bricks. Barriers to P2: B3 - Concern that product quality may decline as a result of source reduction. - Only a certain amount of fired recycled product can be introduced back into the virgin mix due to permeability issues. |
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| 2016 |
Barriers: B7-Barriers to P2 B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies.
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Barriers to P2: B7 - No known substitutes or alternative technologies. - Lead is an impurity in our raw materials. |
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")