Waste minimization inventory

M7 Improved Housekeeping, Training, Inventory Control (e.g., alter maintenance frequency institute leak detection program improved inventory control institute training program on waste minimization)... 

Short residence time, minimal downstream separation, energy efficient, zero waste, low inventory, improved intrinsic safety, improved process flexibility, reduced area required, rapid product grade change, rapid response to market needs, improved control. 

Source control and waste minimization can be extremely effective in reducing the costs for in-plant controls and end-of-pipe treatment, and in some cases can eliminate the need for some treatment units entirely. The first step is to prepare an inventory of the waste sources and continuously monitor those sources for flow rates and contaminants. The next step is to develop in-plant operating and equipment changes to reduce the amount of wastes. The following are some of the techniques available for the pesticides manufacturing facilities. 

Another megatrend in this competitive business environment is that all production processes need to be world-class and lean. This means that processes must be automated lead times shortened rework, scrap, and waste minimized or eliminated and less product must appear in inventory. This places a burden on the adhesive formulator in that the products not only must perform in service (e.g., creep resistance, peel strength) but also must perform in the assembly process (e.g., fast cure time, minimal scrap, low energy cure). 

Other system features include satellite waste area records, bulk chemical tracking, gas cylinder inventory, and a surplus chemical bulletin board for waste minimization. MSDS searching, viewing, and printing is available on the Laboratory s Intranet. In addition, a laptop computer program with integrated bar-code scanning was developed to facilitate initial and periodic re-inventory and material reconciliation. 

Using the CIS inventory web page queries, personnel can obtain information on chemicals they need that are already onsite. This facilitates the sharing of chemicals, thereby avoiding the costly purchase and disposal of excess chemicals. This Waste Minimization concept is called "Purchase Avoidance. ... 

One of the best examples of innoveering is the Toyota Just-in-Time production system, a production planning philosophy developed in Japan to minimize waste through inventory reductions. JTT did not exist before being developed by Toyota. JIT was not copied it was innoveered. Here s a brief summary of its development history. 

To be effective in a given case, waste minimization must become organization or company policy. This policy must span the range from inventory management through equipment and process modification to reuse. Thus, waste minimization must become an integral part of the company s operations. Required actions would include ... 

Understanding the chemistry of the process also provides the greatest opportunity in applying the principles of inherent safety at the chemical synthesis stage. Process chemistry greatly determines the potential impact of the processing facility on people and the environment. It also determines such important safety variables as inventory, ancillary unit operations, by-product disposal, etc. Creative design and selection of process chemistry can result in the use of inherently safer chemicals, a reduction in the inventories of hazardous chemicals and/or a minimization of waste treatment requirements. 

Process operation for clean process technology. Many of the problems associated with waste from process operations can be mitigated if the process is designed for low inventories of material in the process. This is also compatible with design for inherent safety. Other ways to minimize waste from process operation are7 ... 

Over time the operating efficiency of hydrofluoric acid alkylation units has improved in order to minimize waste streams as well as minimize the actual hydrofluoric acid inventory. However, the only way to eliminate these issues completely is to develop a process based on a heterogeneous acid catalyst. Such a process would eliminate the hydrofluoric acid transportation and inventory, result in no waste polymer product, and would not require fluoride scrubbing and concomitant disposal of fluoride-containing solids. 

Based on the activities that were initially conducted for the enabling activity project (Bravante and Medina, 2004), it was reported that little is known about POPs in the country and that even the users have minimal understanding of their hazards. As no comprehensive data on POPs is available for use as baseline information, a more comprehensive inventory is needed for the Philippines to have an actual measure of the risks that must be managed and addressed in the NIP. The Initial National Inventory conducted showed that POPs have already been banned in the country except HCB and mirex, which have no recorded use, importation or production in the country. Significant amounts of PCBs mainly come from electric transformers and capacitors. Dioxins and Source Inventory by DOST showed that there are numerous sources of dioxins and furans in the country, which emit significant quantities of dioxins and furans into the environment. No treatment facility in the country that deals with the destruction of POPs and other toxic hazardous wastes are present in the country (Bravante and Moreno, 2005). 

The fast-spectrum reactors with full recycle of actinides would be designed with on-site spent fuel reprocessing and fuel fabrication to minimize the on-site inventory of long-lived radioactive waste. Modern robotic equipment can be used for reactor refueling and for fuel reprocessing. The spent fuel reprocessing and fuel fabrication facilities must be developed to close the nuclear fuel cycle and use all the energy available in natural uranium. 

Careful inventory management can help to minimize waste production from unused products. Obsolete stocks may cause process or application inefficiency resulting in loss of quality or need for disposal. Losses can also result from packaging damage, deterioration and from H oduct damage caused by temperature variations cn atmospheric... 

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