NYS Pollution Prevention Institute

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NYS Pollution Prevention Institute
Anahita Williamson, Ph.D. Director,
NYSP2I October 20, 2009

• Anahita Williamson
• Director
• 8-25-2009

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New York State Pollution Prevention
Institute(NYS/P2I)Vision Mission
Vision The vision of the NYS P2I is to
foster the transformation and development of
sustainable businesses and organizations in New
York State in a collaborative program committed
to making the State a leader in environmental
stewardship.

• Mission
• The mission of the Institute is to provide a
  high-impact, comprehensive and integrated
  program of technology research development and
  diffusion, outreach, training and education
  aimed at making New York State more sustainable
  for workers, the public, the environment and the
  economy through
• reductions in toxic chemical use
• reductions in emissions to the environment and
  waste generation
• the efficient use of raw materials, energy and
  water

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NYSP2I
Research Development
Direct Assistance
Community Grants
Professional Training/ Outreach
Sector Projects

• Facilitate the use of P2 for solving
  environmental problems
• Assessment Implementation
• LE2 Lean/Energy/Environment

• Led by Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)
• Four Partner Universities
• Clarkson
• RIT
• RPI
• University at BuffaloShort Long-term research

• Provide financial technical support to
  community organizations
• Raise awareness understanding of P2

• Workshops Training conducted for clients
• Areas of interest for stakeholders
• Specific Training
• Design for the Environment Life-Cycle
  Assessment

• Projects that have the potential to impact NYS on
  a high level
• Dry Cleaning
• E-waste
• Auto body shops

a sustainable New York!
Tangible results towards
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Geographic Distribution of Collaborations,
Workshops, and Community Grants First Year of
Operations, NYSP2I
CITEC
CEG
MVATC
CNYTDO
HTR
Insyte
AMT
HVTDC
LIFT
ITAC
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Top 8 Target Sectors
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Direct AssistanceProject Examples
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Direct Assistance ProjectAmerican Aerogel
Corporation (AAC)

• Identified method for converting waste effluent
  back to incoming raw materials for this start-up
  NY company
• Results
• Modified operation with no degradation in product
  quality
• Reduced operating costs by 50-67
• Reduced generation of hazardous waste by over 90
• With this change, made process economically
  feasible
• Assisted the company in procuring 400K in
  funding to keep AAC in NY, thereby retaining and
  creating jobs

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TECT Utica

• Manufactures titanium turbine blades for aircraft
  engines
• TECT generates 313 tons/year of hazardous waste
  (titanium etching operation)
• Spends 450K/year on disposal

NYSP2I Providing assistance to extend the bath
life of nitric and hydrofluoric acid solutions,
thereby reducing operating costs and generation
of hazardous waste
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Childrens Furniture Manufacturing Assessment

• Manufacturer of maple furniture and spaces
  designed for children
• Produce 4,000 cribs/year
• Goal eliminate PVC from childrens cribs and
  replace the mattress with a more environmentally
  friendly alternative in order for the cribs to
  meet third party certification
• Potential to eliminate 5,440lbs PVC per year from
  the bite guards and 1,520lbs from the mattress
  covers
• P2Is role identify alternatives for the bite
  guard and mattress and rank them according to EHS
  attributes to assist CP in decision making

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Monroe Plating

• About the Company
• Specializes in Zinc Plating
• Four fully automated zinc plating machines
  with
• computer-controlled finishing lines
• Broad volume range Low (prototype) to High
• (30,000 units/day)

• Baseline
• Currently uses 14.2 million gallons/year of water
  costing 38,000/year.
• 34,500 gallons of acid waste disposed annually.
• NYSP2Is role
• Installation of counterflow, reactive and spray
  rinsing systems resulting
• in potential reduction of water usage by 35 (or
  4.37 million gallons annually)
• and potential cost savings of 12K annually
• Evaluation of Reverse Osmosis (RO) system to
  reclaim a portion of the treated
• wastewater (10,000 gallon/day at minimum).
  Reduction of at least 7 gallons/minute
• (1.7 million gal/year) and 4K annually.
• Extending acid bath life using PRO-pHx. would
  reduce acid used by 50 and reduce sludge
  generated. Cost savings include labor (to drain,
  refill, and treat the waste acid) and savings
  resulting from buying less acid.

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Ducommun AeroStructuresManufacturing Process
Improvements

• Manufacturer of aircraft components
• Desire to improve efficiency of manufacturing
  operations
• Multiple objectives of work
• Reduce discharges of wastewater
• Extend bath lives of acid etching operations
• Bring chemical anodizing operations in house
• Recover and reuse spent garnet from waterjet
  operations
• Upgrade painting operations
• Anticipated Results
• Zero discharge facility (wastewater)
• Improved quality of acid etching operations
• Drastic reductions in solid waste disposal

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Acme Smoked FishReduction of Water Use

• Producer of smoked fish
• Fish arrive frozen from overseas and must be
  thawed in running water, which takes several
  hours in the winter months due to the low
  temperature of supply water
• Proposed approach
• Capture waste heat from cogeneration plant
• Install heat exchanger to transfer waste heat to
  incoming water
• Improve distribution of water in thawing tanks
  with diffusers
• Anticipated Results
• gt80 reduction in water use and wastewater
  discharges
• Higher yield of properly thawed fish

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NYSP2I Dry Cleaners
Small Business, Big in NY

• NYS Dry Cleaners 5,421 Statewide, 11,308
  employees
• 10 of total US dry cleaners are in NYS
• Average Dry Cleaner uses 80 gal/yr of Perc and
• releases 150 lbs/yr of perc

Eco-Friendly Custom Cleaners 152 Elmwood Ave,
Buffalo
If NYS Dry Cleaners Convert to Alt Tech
433,680gal/yr perc saved and 415.5 tons/yr not
released
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P2I Case Study
Eco-friendly Custom Cleaners, Buffalo, NY 100
Wet Clean Conversion

• 40 Cost Reduction vs. Perc Operation
• 30 Less Gas
• 40 Less Electricity
• 60 Less Water
• Easier to Operate (less labor intensive)
• Hazardous Waste Eliminated

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Community Grants Program Highlights
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Film Biz RecyclingGreen Production Guide and
Film Vendor List

• Goal Provide information and resources to help
  productions (film, T.V., video, etc.) lessen
  their environmental impact.
• Creation of The Practical Guide to a Greener
  Production, which provides information on how to
  prevent waste and present green alternatives to
  current procedures.
• Creation of a website that will encourage online
  collaboration within the film community for the
  ongoing development of the guide and vendor
  website.

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Huntington Breast Cancer Coalition and Learning
Disabilities Association Preventing Pollution at
Home and in Our Community

• Goal develop and disseminate environmental
  health message with a focus on children
• Look Before you LEAP toolkit (LEAP Llead, E
  endocrine disruptors, A air pollution, P
  pesticides)
• Toolkit to include toxic triggers, healthy
  reference cards, activity book, game board for
  childrens education
• Distribute 1,000 healthy reference cards with a
  focus on Healthy Home, Environment, Community,
  and Eating

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Questions?