Sustainable Product / By-Product Reuse
| Product/ Byproduct | Location | Volume / Quantity | General Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-Thiophenecarboxylic acid | New York | 40 tons | unused chemical product |
| Acetic Anhydride/Methyl Acetate solution | Texas | 202,500 lbs | 68.3% Acetic Anhydride, 24% Methyl Acetate, 7.7% Acetic Acid |
| Aluminum Hydroxide Filter Cake | South Carolina | 3,000-4,000 tons annually | WWT filter cake, 70% water content |
| Aluminum Slab | New York | 18 slabs 50,928 lbs. | P1020 aluminum used in furnaces, w/ some residue on outer layer |
| Aqueous Ammonia | Kentucky | 45,000 every 2-4 months | |
| Diacetone Alcohol | Various States | 122 x 430 lb drums | Off-color, red tint |
| DMF (dimethylformamide) | Colorado | 240,422 gallons by end of March 2021 | 99% DMF, 1% water |
| Ethyl Acetate | South Carolina | 240,000 lbs per year | waste solvent: 83-84% ethyl acetate, 9-10% 2-amino-1-propanol, also includes water, cresylic acid, propanoic acid ethyl ester, & phenol |
| Fume Silica | New York | 45,000 lbs per month | High PurityFume Silica (soot), generated and collected in the plant’s baghouse operation |
| Hand Sanitizer | New York | 177 pallets (2 bottles per box) | |
| Heptanes | New York | 9 totes | distilled heptane with 1-2% dimethylformamide |
| IPA/Water | Arizona | 15,000 lbs per month | 33% IPA, 67% Water |
| Methyl Ethyl Ketone (MEK) | South Carolina | 280,000 lbs per year | waste solvent: 40-50% MEK; 5-10% Methanol; 1-10% IPA; 1-10% 1-methoxy-2-proponal; other constituents include acetone, toluene, N Butanol, isobutanol… |
| PE Wax | Louisiana | 200,000 lbs in stock, 5-10 tons monthly | byproduct, ethylene based polymer |
| PTFE | Maryland | approximately 1 million pounds per year | byproduct material |
| Quicklime (calcium oxide) | Pennsylvania | 8-9000 tons | unused product used in steel/paper manufacturing |
| Sodium Fluorosilicate | Pennsylvania | 11,000 lbs | expired in Nov. 2020, some of the material has hardened and can be reconditioned |
| Sodium Sulfate | North Carolina | 8-12,000 metric tons/year (600+ mt/mth) | byproduct, synthetic material |
| Sulfuric Acid 94% | Arkansas | 3 million lbs/year | spent sulfuric acid with <1% tetrabromophthalic anhydride |
| Tetrasodium EDTA | New York | 12,800 lbs (160 25 kg bags, 80 50 lb bags) | unused chemical product |
| Thermal Plastic Polyurethane (TPU) | Arizona | 70,000 lbs per year | manufacturing scrap |
| Toluene/Methanol | Colorado | 211,360 gallons/month | 45-55% toluene, 42-47% methanol, 1-5% Isopropyl Acetate 1-5% n-Heptane, <2% non volatile organic compound |
| TPU | West Virginia | 4 tons per month | byproduct TPU, 3 forms: molten chunks, beads & dust |
| Vinyl Compression Tile (Calcium Carbonate) | Country-Wide | 1-2 million pounds (monthly) | scrap flooring tile |
| Welding Slag with Manganese | Colorado | 315,000 lbs/month | Roughly 33% zirconium, 33% manganese and 33% ferrous |
