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Welcome to the Peaks to Prairies and Southwest Network for Zero Waste Pollution Prevention case study database. We currently have 468. Each case study is an example of how a real facility saved money, reduced waste, and/or lowered their regulatory burden through an innovative P2 practice. The studies are generally written in a companies own words, with minimal editing.
Industry General : All A/C maintenance and engineering base Aerospace Manufacturing Agricultural Processing Air Conditioners Aircraft Maintenance Aluminum Mill Ammonia and Urea Plant Ammunition Production Armed Forces facility Automobile Tire Automotive Automotive Maintenance Automotive manufacture Boat storage, repair and restoration facility Chemical Chemical Manufacturing Chemical Preparation Chemicals Chemicals, Agricultural Chemicals, Inorganic Chemicals, Organic Circuit board production Clothing Coating Coatings Concrete Products Construction Dental Office Educational Institution Educational Services Electric Power Generation Electrical Utility Electronics Energy Environmental Health Programs - Government Federal Military Installation Fiberglass Fabrication Fiberglass Products Manufacturer Food Food Manufacturer Food Processing Food production Foundry Furniture General Medical Government Government Transportation Department Higher Education Hospital Household product manufacturer Industrial Air Filtration roducts Laboratory Laundry Finisher Local Government Manufacture and Provide activated carbon systems Manufacturer Manufacturer - Fiberglass Manufacturer of Commercial Chiller Units Manufacturer of Truck Parts Manufacturing Manufacturing - Auto Parts Manufacturing - Equipment Manufacturing - Parts Manufacturing -Cement Media Medical Medical Education and Research Medical services Metal Fabrication Metal Finishing Metal Foundry Metal Products Metals Mining National Defense National Guard - Automotive Maintenance Oil and gas Oil Field Equipment Manufacturing Oil/Gas/Chemical Support Paint Manufacturing Paper Industry Paper manufacture Petrochemical Manufacturing Petrochemicals Petroleum Refining Plastic Fabrication Plating Plating and Polishing Poultry Processing Printing Production/Distribution of Non-alcoholic beverages Recycling Research - Noncommercial Research/Educating/Clinical facility Reverse distribution of consumer commodities Rubber and Miscellaneous Plastic Products Rubber Fabrication Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturing Semiconductor Manufacturing Service, Transportation Shipbuilding and Repair Slaughterhouse Specialty and Analytical Testing State Property Agency Storage & Distribution - Petrochemical Synthetic Organic Dye Manufacturing Transformer Transportation U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve University/Hospital Vehicle Maintenance Wet Corn Milling Wood Products Zoological Park
Process Type : All A/C Condensation Reuse Air emissions and Solid waste Air Stripping, Wastewater Treatment Aluminum Anodizing Ammonia Production Anaerobic wastewater treatment Antifreeze Recycling Asphlat Pavement Testing, Sign Producing automive parts cleaning Barge/Ship Loading Bending Metal Tubes Bleaching Block Valves Boiler Boiler (CFB) Bottle rinsers Building Burning Carpentry Catalyst Recovery Chemical Delivery Chemical Inventory Chemical Manufacturing Chlorinated Organics Chloroprene production Circuit Board Cleaning Circuit Board Etching Circuit Board Photography Circuit Board Plating Circuit Board Soldering Cleaning Cleaning Reactors Cleaning with Wash Oil Cleaning, Depainting etc Cleaning,painting Closed Loop Cooling System Closed-Loop Recycling Coal Combustion Coating Cold Galvanizing Cold Water Storage To Reduce Peak Loading Compressor Compressor Maintenance Control Valves Cooling Tower Cooling Towers Corn Milling Corn Processing Crude Oil Storage Degreasing Denistry depressurization Dielectric Deposition Cleans Distillation Diversion / Segregation Dyeing Electrical Generation Electroplating Elimination Energy conservation Equipment Modification Equipment Modification, Control Valves Equipment Modifications, Tankcar Loading Equipment Preservation Equipment Upgrades Extended Life Extends Life Extrusion Fiberglass Fill Material Fiberglass manufacturing Filtration Food Rendering/Dining Fuel Pellets Galvanization Gas Scrubbing Gasoline Additive Gasoline Fractionation Gluing laminate to a wooden substrate Haz waste inventory and storage HCN Preservation HCN Waste Treatment Heel Recovery High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) Homogenizer Improved management practices. Incineration Industrial wastewater treatment Injection Molding Internal Tank Floats Inventory Control Ion Exchange Recharge IPM/Recycling/Wastewater Laboratory Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Operation Laser Printers Cartridges Laundry Finishing Leak Detection & Repair Leak prevention Lighting Lighting of facility Loading Loading Rail Cars Loading, Barges Loading, Marine Loading, Tank Cars Lube Oil Additive Machining Maintenance Maintenance, AC Maintenance, Cooling Maintenance, Hydraulic Maintenance, Landscape Maintenance, Oil Lube Management Plan Manufacturing Marketing polyether polyols with by-product additive Mass Transfer During Reaction Mercury Dental Amalgam Management System Metal Fabrication Metal Machining Methanol Stripper Modification Modification, Equipment Molding Plastics Multi-Facility-Wide Neutralization Ni-Cd Batteries Off Peak Switch Office, Groundskeeping Oil/Water Separation Oven Cleaning Packaging Packing Paint Gun Cleaning Paint Mixing Paint Stripping Paint substitution: oil-based to water-based Painting Paper Bleaching Parts Cleaning Parts cleaning, NDI testing Parts Washing Petroleum Production Pharmacy photographic plate making Piping Plating Plating Wastewater Treatment Power and Steam generation Pressure Sensor pretreatment program Printing Process Cooling Water Process Vents Product Recovery Product Transfer Production Project modification Pumping Pumps Radiator Service Rain water collection Reactor Cleaning Recharging Reclamation Reclassification Recovery/Recycling Recycle Recycling Recycling, Reuse, Substitution, Solvent Distillation recyled Red Bag Management Reduction Reduction of Isopropyl Alcohol used in reactor cleaning Reduction of styrene emissions Refurbishing/Repair Repair rerouted treated, city wastewater for plant use Reusable Containers Reuse reuse rainwater Reuse, Beneficial Revamp of the Solvent Racks Revegetation & Water Reuse Rinse Water & Packaging Sample extractions using Methylene Chloride Sandblasting Scrap Materials Scrubbers segregate and recycle Separation & Reuse Service & Rebuild Shipping Sludge Treatment Slurry Deashing Sodium chloride conversion Solvent Solvent Dispensing Solvent Distillation Solvent substitution: Xylene to Isopropyl Alcohol Specialty Chemical for Synthetic Rubber Industry Stack Gas Cleaning Sterilization Storage Tanks Storage, Pipes Storm Water Diversion Stripping Stripping & Cleaning Substitute for Commercial Product Substitution Substitution of Food Grade Hydraulic Oil Substitution, Equipment Maintenance Surface Coating Surface Hardening Switch to slim cell system Syngas Production Tank Cleaning Tanker purge facility, waterless urinals Thermal Oxidation Transfer Lines Transportation Truck Painting Unloading Tank Cars Vacuum Loading of Tank Trucks Vehicle Batteries Vinyl Chloride Monomer Reactors Washing Waste Segregation Waste Storage Ponds Wastewater Treatment Wastewater treatment plant effluent Wastewater Treatment, Stripping Wastewater, Aeration Wastewater, Alge Control Wastewater, BOD Wastewater, Chrome Wastewater, Copper Wastewater, Metals Wastewater, Neutralize Wastewater, Organics Wastewater, Reuse Wastewater, Solids Wastewater, TDS Wastewater, VOC emissions Wastewater, VOC removal Water Jetting Wavesolder Zinc Phosphatizing
Waste Reduced : All 30-gallon steel drums Abrasive Blasting Acetone, ammonia Acetonitrile Aerosol cans Air Emissions air emissions, excess material Air emissions, solid waste Air Toxics (TCE) AirEmissions Amines disposed to deep wells Animal waste Batteries Benzene Bilge oil Blast Media Cardboard Catalyst CFC's chemical products, wastewater Chemicals, Process Chlorine cleaning solvent Coating Waste compressed air Construction material Contaminated Fuel & Solvents Coolant Coolant Oil Coolant water copper sludge Cotton Waste Decyl Alcohol and Ethylene Glycol Disposed to Deepwells Dioxin Dust Electricity Electricity usage electricity, VOCs Electrolyte Waste Electropolishing rinse water Emissions, Air Emissions, Fugitive Energy energy use, air emissions Energy waste Energy, fluorescent lamps with mercury & light ballasts with PCB Epinephrine Ethanol, Xylene, and Formalin Ethylene Glycol Fiberglass Filter Media, Hazardous First Flush Wash Water flammable & combustible solids contaminated with hydrocarbons flammables, mercury, solvent (ethanol, xylene, and formalin) Flux and VOC emission Flux, alcohol foundry sand, water Gas Cylinders Hazardous Waste Hazardous Waste & Air Emissions Hazardous waste, solid waste HFC Emission Hydraulic Fluid Hydrocarbons Isopropyl Alcohol Isopropyl alcohol, VOC's Laboratory Waste Landfill Waste Landfilled Waste Lead Contaminated Sand line losses, wash solvent reuse Liquid Waste Mercury Mercury amalgam Metal Recycling Methane, natural gas, greenhouse gases Methanol Methylene Chloride more than 33,000 used truck tires Multi-media Municipal Solid Waste Nitrate-Nitrogen Nitrogen Oxide Non-hazardous Solid Waste NOx NOx, CO2 NOx, KwH, Oil Oil Oil/Hydrocarbons Packaging Paint paint overspray Paint waste Paint wastes Pallets PFC Emissions Phosphoric Acid and Chlorine Dioxide Plastic Plastics, Air Plating Wastes Polystyrene powder paint Process Chemicals Processing Chemicals & Gasoline Red bags, sharps and xylene Refrigerants Sawdust silver Sludge Sodium chloride, energy (BTUs) Solder Solid Waste solid waste, hazardous waste, oil waste solid waste: paint and plastic Solvent Solvent based glue solvent, parts washer, paint-related solvents Solvents, NDI liquid (silver & chromates) Stack Emissions Steel Shot Waste Styrene Styrene, Solid Waste Sulfuric Acid TCE, Naphtha tetrahydrofurran, supersacks, cardboard TRI Emissions Used oil absorbents Used oil waste Used Water VanadiumCatalyst Vehicle Emissions VOC VOC and Wastewater VOC Emissions VOC's, HAP's, and H2S waste water Wastewater Wastewater and Sludge Wastewater, Chemical Solvents Water Water Conservation Water consumption Xylene Xylene/toluene solution Zinc zinc ammonium chloride flux
Company : All 3M Company ADM Corn Processing Advance Brands Agrium US Inc. Air Products Incorporated Alcoa Alenco AllChem Allen-Bradley Alliant Energy Alpha Omega Recycling, Inc. Alumax Mill Products Aluminum Company of America American Airlines American Medical Electronics American Ordinance Amoco Amoco Chemical Company Amoco Oil Company Amoco Production Company Anheuser-Busch Anonymous APAC-Texas, Inc., Trotti & Thomson Division Applied Materials Inc. Archer Daniels Midland Company ASARCO Incorporated AT&T Power Systems Atlas Copco A-Z Terminal Baker Petrolite Bayer Material Science LLC and Calpine Corporation Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. Betaco Betz Laboratories, Inc. BOC Edwards Kachina Boeing Defense & Space Boeing Defense and Space BP Chemicals, Inc. BP Chemicals, Incorporated Buckley Oil Company Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base Cargill Meat Solutions Carrier Corporation CDC Coatings/Dickson Weatherproof Nail Co. Champion International Corporation Chem-Pruf Door Company Chevron Chemical , Oronite Additives Division Chevron Chemical Company Clariant Corporation - Mount Holly Plant Clear Lake Marine Center CMI, Texas, Inc. CNH-Case Corporation Coastal Carolina Community College Coca Cola Bottling Company Cominco Fertilizers Compaq Computer Corporation Componentes Mecanicos de Matamoros Computer Circuitry Company ConAgra Foods- Grocery Products Co. ConAgra- Grocery Products Co. Cooper Crouse-Hinds Corpus Christi Army Depot Covenant Health System Dayton Tire Dean Chem Defense Distribution Depot Red River Department of Corrections - Dial Corporation Dickson Weatherproof Nail/CDC Coatings Donaldson Company, Inc. Dow Chemical Company Dr. Darryl Diefes, Dentist Dupont DuPont Dow Elastomers L.L.C., Pontchartrain Site Dynagen, Inc. DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations and DOE E. I. du Pont de Nemours & E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Company E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. East Dallas Body Support East Dallas Equipment Services Empire Castings Enterprise Transportation Company ESCO Elevators Exxon Company USA Federal - Mogul Federal Home Products Fibergrate Composite Structures Inc. Fibre Body Industries Fisher Controls International FMC Corporation Formosa Plastics Fort Hood Environmental Fritz Industries, Inc. GCA-Washburn Tunnel General Instrument/Jerrold Communications General Motors Corporation Georgia-Gulf Georgia-Gulf Corporation Go/Dan Industries Gomaco Graham Magnetics, Inc. Greenleaf Nursery Greenleaf Nursery Co. Griffin L.L.P H.E. Butt Grocery Co. H.J. Heinz USA Haldor Topsoe, Inc. Hoechst Celanese Hoechst Celanese Chemical Group, Inc. Hoechst Celanese Corporation Hoechst Celanese-Corpus Christi Technical Center Holcim (U.S.) Inc. Howell Hydrocarbons & Chemicals Howell Hydrocarbons & Chemicals, Inc. H-R Industries Hunting Oilservices Inc. Huntsman Huntsman Corporation IBM IEC Electronics III Corps and Fort Hood Intercontinental Manufacturing Company International Garment Processors International Paper International Resistive Company, Inc. Intertek Testing Services- Caleb Brett USA, Inc. ISK Biosciences Corporation JAMAK Fabrication, Inc. Johnson & Johnson Medical, Inc. Jones Blair Company Kelly Air Force Base Laughlin AFB Lear Corporation Lockheed Martin Michoud Space Systems Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Lone Star Radiator Company, Inc. Louisiana-Pacific Corporation Lower Colorado River Authority Lower Colorado River Authority - Fayette Power Project Facility Lozier Lucent Technologies Lyondell Polymers Marmon Motor Company MerCruiser Metzeler Automotive Profile Systems Millennium Petrochemicals, Inc. Molex, Inc. Monsanto Motorola Murdock Engineering Company N.C. Department of Transportation Nalco/Exxon Energy Chemical Company National Institute of Environmental Health National Instruments NC Division of Highways - Equipment Depot New World Recycling Nick's Diesel Service NORIT Americas Inc North Carolina Baptist Hospital North Carolina National Guard NRG Texas LP Nucor Steel Oxy Petrochemicals, Inc. Oxy USA, Inc. Pearson Penford Products, Co. PerkinElmer Automotive Research Phillips Petroleum Company Pilgrims Pride Precision Tube Finishing Inc. Preco Turbine Services Prestigious Accessories, Inc. Printpack Inc. Quantum Chemical Company Rawson-Koenig Inc Red Ewald, Inc Research Triangle Institute Reynolds Metals Company Rhône-Poulenc RIMIR, S.A. de C.V. Robert J. Dole Deaprtment of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regiona Rock-Tenn Rubicon Incorporated Sanden International (USA), Inc. Sandoz Crop Protection Seymour Johnson Air Force Base SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Shell Chemical Company, Norco Shell Development Shell Oil Company Shell West Hollow Technology Center Shells West Hollow Technology Center Shells West Hollow Technolgy Center Sony Microelectronics Spansion Spohn Hospital Spohn Hospital Shoreline Star Enterprise Refinery State Surplus Property Agency Stemco LP Sterling Chemicals, Inc. STL, Inc. Stolt Terminals, Inc. Sulzer (Medica) Intermedics Sunbelt Transformer SuperShuttle Dallas Tetra Pack of Denton Texas Aircraft Milling, Inc. Texas Army National Guard Texas Department of Criminal Justice Texas Dept. of Transportation Texas Eastman Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Inc. Texas Instruments, DSEG Texas Instruments, Inc. Texas-New Mexico Power Company The City of Guymon The North Carolina Zoo The Sabine Mining Company The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Thermon Tinker Air Force Base Transport Service Company TRICO Products TRNCC Pollution Prevention & Industry Assistance TXDOT-Dallas TXI Operations, L.P. U.S. Department of Energy Pantex Plant Union Carbide - Seadrift Plant Union Carbide Corporation Uniroyal Chemical Company, Inc. United States Aluminum Corporation Universal Solutions of NC, Inc. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at DallasUT.. UNL P3 program Unocal (Beaumont Terminal) US Navy UT Austin UT MD Anderson Cancer Center VAC Corp. Valero Refining Valspar Vance Air Force Base (VAFB) Vecta VT Industries WaterJet Service WEBCO Industries Wells' Dairy, Inc. Wilsonart International, Inc. Winnebego Industries, Inc. Witco, Inc. Worldwide Alloy Surfacing, Inc. (WWASI) XeTel Corporation York International
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Year Submitted: All Prior to 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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