Production Related Waste Management for Selected Chemical
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Waste Management Comparison - 2017
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 |
Barriers: B1-Barriers to P2 B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat
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Barriers to P2: B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat - Ammonia works best for cooling because of the cost and ability to alert employees of a leak because of the scent. |
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| 2021 |
Barriers: B8-Barriers to P2 B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible
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Barriers to P2: B8 - A reduction does not appear to be technically feasible - Ammonia is the best way to identify when you have a leak due to its smell. Switching chemicals would require a big capital expense and time to remove and use new chemical to cool. |
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| 2020 |
Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - Still adding Bio Spikes to reduce sludge in the waste stream. |
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| 2019 |
Other Environmental Practices: Waste Treatment - We are going to be adding some BIO Spikes as a test run to see if it helps reduce sludge. You drop the spikes in and it activates the bugs. The bugs eat away at the sludge. |
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| 2018 |
Barriers: B1-Barriers to P2 B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat
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Barriers to P2: B1 - Insufficient capital to install new source reduction equipment or implement new source reduction activities/initiat - We've looked into adding treatment to our waste water stream, but the ROI does not justify the cost of adding the new equipment. |
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| 2017 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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| 2016 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures[-0-4%]
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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W13: We have a full recycling team to support our recyclables. Source Reduction - All our general waste (56 tons a month) goes to incineration and is converted into energy. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - All our waste is sent to incineration and converted into energy. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We have a full time recycling crew on site. |
| 2015 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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Source Reduction - Currently all our general waste(56 tons a month) goes to incineration and is converted into energy. We also removed about 45 tons a month of SRM(Spinal Cord). It used to go to landfill and is now being used as fertilizer.
Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We have a full recycling team to sort out our recyclables. |
| 2014 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T06: Employee recommendation (under a formal company program)
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W13: Implementation of REPI (Reliability Excellence Process Improvement) - Program rollout that improved the process of scheduling and maintaining our systems. Other Environmental Practices: Recycling - We have a crew dedicated to sorting out our trash. We are also on the final stages of getting the facility to Landfill free status. Other Environmental Practices: Energy Recovery - We use solar energy to heat boiler water. Just installed 5 Tesla batteries to help offset peak hour usage. Biogas recovery. |
| 2013 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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| 2012 |
Source Reduction:: W13: Improved maintenance scheduling, recordkeeping, or procedures
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Methods to Identify SR Opportunities: T03: Materials balance audits
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| 2008 | Other Environmental Practices - THE FACILITY BECAME ISO 14001 CERTIFIED IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2008. THIS WILL AID IN PREVENTING POLLUTION, AS WELL AS MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE AND CONTINUE STRIVING TO IMPROVE AT THE FACILITY. |
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")