Waste minimization at Alpha -- A vehicle for progress
Alpha Metals, a Division of Cookson America, manufactures a full line of tin-lead solder alloy and soldering chemicals for the electronics industry. The solder alloys are produced at a facility in Jersey City, New Jersey. Raw materials are tin and lead purchased from primary producers and recycled and reclaimed alloy. Alpha also operates a facility in Alpharetta, Georgia which blends chemical intermediates to manufacture fluxes and cleaner sold to the printed circuit board and electronics assembly industries. Primary raw materials for the chemical blending operations are organic acids, solvents (mostly alcohols), rosin and surfactants. Both facilities generate hazardous wastes in these operations. These are collected, stored and directed to TSDs. The strategy of the federal government to encourage pollution prevention has been codified by the New Jersey and Georgia legislatives. As a consequent, both the Jersey City and Alpha facilities are actively pursuing changes in current operating practices and business objectives to minimize or eliminate hazardous non product output.
- OSTI ID:
- 78000
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9406319-; TRN: IM9531%%50
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: HazMat `94: international environmental management and technology conference and exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 15-17 Jun 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of HazMat 94 international. Twelfth annual environmental management and technology conference international: Proceedings; PB: 696 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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