TURA and Tech Diffusion in the Plating and Food Industry

TURA and Tech Diffusion in the Plating and Food Industry Buenos Aires September 31, 2009 Janet Clark, Senior Associate Director

Toxics Use Reduction Act Goals
Reduction in use of toxic chemicals and generation of wastes – source reduction
Establish TUR as the preferred means of regulatory compliance
Sustain and promote the competitive position of Massachusetts industry
Enhance and coordinate state agency enforcement of environmental laws

1998-2008 Progress
TUR -- 40%
Emissions Reduction -- 91%
TUR Planning
70% of firms identified TUR options
Implementation
81 % of the firms that identified TUR options in their plans reported implementing at least some of them
67% of firms reported cost savings
66% of firms reported health and safety benefits
Materials accounting was rated the most valuable component of TUR planning

Fees Pay for TURI Services
How to Design effective services for industry?
Technology Diffusion Tools can help agencies
TUR Planning is the best practice for industry
TURI Laboratory is unique and effective

Technology Diffusion
Everett Rogers classic model of diffusion of technological innovation (Rogers, 1995)
“ Diffusion is the process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among members of a social system”
Show economic or social advantage
Help connect the concept to values, beliefs, experiences
Address Complexity
Make it easy to do small scale testing
Offer demonstrations
Remove barriers ($, research, training)

Toxics Issues are Complex

Core Technology to Advance -- TUR Planning
Companies with skills in
planning and evaluating innovations
will be more effective than
promoting a particular innovation.

TUR Planning Cycle Green boxes are what TUR Planners do Process Characterization Pre-Plan Identify TUR Options Develop or Update Plan Certify Plan Screen & Evaluate TUR Options Implement Plan Measure Success

Definition of TUR
TUR Techniques:
Improve processes
Reformulate
Substitute a safer material
Redesign process, product, or service
Improve operations and maintenance
In-process recycling
Reduce use of toxic chemicals or generation of waste at the source by using…

Technology Diffusion of TUR
Difficult to advance because they are about “prevention ” ; market opportunities are easier
Drivers of change play key role
Regulatory: bans, phase outs, emission or use restrictions, fees
Market: Customer “green” goals and brand protection, labeling, government Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) programs

Change Agents
Change agents play a crucial role
Technical assistance programs
Must be funded!
Researchers and universities
Must be funded!
Consultants to industry
Must prove their value!
Opinion leaders in industry
Must be recruited

Identify Issue or Need Develop or Identify Innovative Solutions or Materials or Technologies Assess Alternatives Identify and work with Supply Chain Identify Industry Leaders Prove & Demonstrate Technology/Materials Provide Assistance: Testing, information, workshops, more R&D at Companies and Universities, on-site assistance, grants At a “critical mass” number of companies, adoption becomes self-sustaining Continuous Improvement

TURA Industry Programs
On-site Technical Assistance
University Research on Technical Problems (Grant program)
University Laboratory Testing Program
Technology specific Workshops and Seminars
Training and Conferences for TUR Planners
Peer Mentoring and collaboration

TUR Planning Example - Electroplating

TUR Planning: Options Identification and Evaluation Evaluate Screen Identify
Evaluate remaining TUR Options
T echnical evaluation
Economic evaluation
Brainstorm TUR Options
Consider techniques
Generate lots of ideas
Eliminate TUR Options
Technically or economically infeasible
Not TUR
For each toxic in each production unit,

TUR Planning: Cost Categories

Lightolier Changes
Increased drip time to allow acids to return to chemical baths
Installed still-rinse tanks
used countercurrent rinsing.
Looked at hidden costs of using TCE
Switched from petroleum coolants to a water soluble formula
Replaced an old vapor degreaser and reduced use of TCE by 98% (from 125,000 pounds per year)
Switched to a brightner with 90% less copper to protect local wastewater treatment facility
Attended program workshops Visited by OTA

Doing Planning Alternatives
After several cycles of TUR planning, firms can choose to report on
Resource Conservation Planning – energy, water, materials
Integrating TUR Planning into Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

Lightolier
44 Million Gallons per Year Reduction
$ 181,715 per year annualized savings

    Inner Tite Lightolier VH Blackington Olympic Mnf    
97% reduction of TCE
Zero Discharge to air
98 % reuse of plating chemicals
$12,000 saved annually
1.2 million pounds TCE eliminated
$2,000,000 saved
Eliminated TCE
85% reduction in Copper and Zinc
95% reduction in Cyanide
75% reduction in coolant
$38,000 saved annually
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Many Successful Stories
Tri-Star Technologies of Lowell produces printed wiring boards
TUR planning identified the option of installing a electrolytic regeneration system to the cupric etch line, resulting in:
fully eliminating the use of hydrogen peroxide
a 90% reduction in the use of hydrochloric acid
recovery of 42,000 pounds of copper each year
a two-year pay-back of the $110,000 investment for the regeneration unit

Continuing Education Examples Industrial Energy Efficiency2 Green Chemistry Theory and Practice Innovative Coating Techniques National and Int’l Policy Organizational change workshops Toxicology Integrating Lean & Clean Manufacturing

Research and Technical Support
Research: collaboration through Industry Supply Chains (lead-free electronics)
Research: Applied Green Chemistry, Biomaterials, Nano-materials
Workgroup: Environmental Management Systems Peers
TURI Laboratory

TURI Laboratory

Pilot Cleaning in Lab Setting
Using client specific operating conditions
Using client supplied parts
Compare with current solvent (if possible)
Client assessment of results to confirm

Alternatives to TCE

TURI Laboratory
Assists industry and communities in the search for safer cleaning processes
Tests the performance of alternatives to hazardous solvents
Extensive database of results at www. turi .org
Janitorial cleaning
Industrial parts cleaning
TCE Cleaning Use Data

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