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NPEP Success Stories

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The success stories provided on this website were obtained from NPEP partners. EPA edited the descriptions for space, stylistic consistency, and clarity, but they were not written or officially endorsed by EPA.

We encourage our NPEP partners to submit Success Stories when they have completed any of their goals. Your Success Story showcases your accomplishments while providing an example to other organizations that may be looking for solutions to similar problems. When you achieve any goal identified in your NPEP application, you become eligible to receive an Achievement Award. To receive an Achievement Award, submit a Success Story (visit our Achievement Award page for instructions). We will post your Success Story here. At your request, we will also notify your local media of your success.

View photos from the 2008 NPEP Awards Ceremony.

Many of our partners have shared Success Stories. We congratulate these partners for achieving their NPEP goals:

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A

3M Graphics Market Center Enhances Environmental Performance
AB&I Reduced over 10,000 Pounds of Lead from its Foundry’s Operation
AB&I Foundry Reduces over 200,000 Pounds of Volatile Organic Compounds by Replacing Solvents
AEP Ohio’s Picway Plant Eliminates PCB-Containing Transformer/Rectifier Sets
Accor North America Recycles Fluorescent Bulbs and Batteries
Aetna Insulated Wire, Inc. Reduces the Lead in Raw Materials by Over 85,000 Pounds
Alcatel-Lucent Collects and Recycles Lead-Acid Batteries
Ameren Reduces Lead and Mercury
American Video Glass Company Reduces Waste Batch Disposal by 50%
Anderson Instrument Company, Inc. Challenges Regulations, Eliminates 500 Pounds of Mercury
Appalachian Power Company’s (APCO’s) Amos Plant Reduces the Amount of PCB-containing Transformer/Rectifier Sets
Appalachian Power Company’s (APCO’s) Clinch River Plant Reduces the Amount of PCB-containing Transformer/Rectifier Sets
Argonne National Laboratory Reduces Mercury and Lead by Collecting and Recycling Mercury-containing Equipment and Expanding Lead Recycling
Arrow Reduces Naphthalene Use by 75%
Automotive Recyclers Association (ARA) CAR Members Remove Vehicle Mercury Switches, Recovers and Recycles 221 Pounds of Mercury

B

Baldwin Hardware Recovers 1,000 Pounds of Lead and Saves $40,000 Annually
Bard Brachytherapy Inc. Reduces Lead Use
Benchmark Electronics Reduces Lead by 54%
Benchmark Electronics Exceeds Lead Reduction Goal
Blacksburg Eliminates Lead Wheel Weight Use at Town Garage
BFRC Recycles Lead from Wheel Weights and Lead-Acid Auto Batteries
Blount International, Inc. Reduces Total Lead Usage by 35%
Bowling Green State University Recycles More Than 11,000 Pounds of Elemental Mercury in Continuing NPEP Effort
Bridgestone Americas Motorsports Eliminates 2,240 Pounds of Lead by Replacing Wheel Weights
Bridgestone Retail Operations, LLC Eliminates Over 1 Million Pounds of Lead by Replacing Wheel Weights
Brookhaven National Laboratory Reduces Mercury and PCBs
Brookhaven National Laboratory Reduces Mercury Inventory by 65%

C

California State Polytechnic University Reduces Over 200 Pounds of Mercury
Certified Automotive Recycler (CAR) Program Gives Vehicle Mercury Switch Recovery a Boost
Caribbean Electroplating, Inc. Eliminates 93 Pounds of Lead
CECONY Recovers and Recycles over 4.2 Million Pounds of Lead
Chase Scientific Glass, Inc. Eliminates Lead
Checkpoint Caribbean, LTD Eliminates Lead in Manufacturing
City of Aurora (IL) Reduces Lead through Lead Wheel Weight Replacement Program
City of Los Angeles LA World Airports Takes the Mercury Challenge and Completes Removal of 2,550 Pounds of Mercury
City of North Las Vegas Reduces Over a Ton of Lead from City Fleet
City of Oxnard Eliminates Lead Use in its Ttire Shop
City of Reno Public Works Eliminates Lead Wheel Weight Use on City Vehicles
City of Tracy Central Garage Eliminates Lead Weights from Vehicle Wheels
Clark County Automotive Eliminates Lead Wheel Weight Use on County Vehicles
Coatek Reduces Lead in Circuit Board Products
Cobb County Fleet Management Eliminates Lead Wheel Weight Use on Fleet Vehicles
College of DuPage Reduces Mercury at Glen Ellyn Campus
Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant Reduces Mercury by 50%
Comus International Reduces Over 6000 Pounds of Mercury by Offering Mercury-Free and Hybrid Ball Switches
Con Edison Company of New York Recovers and Recycles Over One Million Pounds of Lead
Consumers Energy Reduces Mercury by 70% in Continuing Effort
Continuous Coating Corporation Reduces Use of Lead by 70,000 Pounds Per Year, Increases Process Efficiency
County of Contra Costa Eliminates Lead Wheel Weight Use on County Vehicles
Crown Equipment Corporation Eliminates Chromium, Expands NPEP Project, and Saves Over $65,000 Annually
Crystex Establishes Lead Reduction Program, Reduces Over 20,000 Pounds of Lead

D

Dallas Aviation Department’s Love Field Terminal Facility Removes More Than 4400 Pounds of PCB Ballasts
Dallas Aviation Department’s Love Field Terminal Facility Removes an Additional 1500 Pounds of PCB Ballasts and Over 60 Pounds of Mercury
Dallas/Ft Worth International Airport Eliminates Use of Trifluralin Containing Herbicide
Dassault Falcon Jet Reduces Lead and Mercury at Little Rock Facility
Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Reduces On-Site Mercury
Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) Reduces On-Site Mercury
Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site Reduces Over 250,000 pounds of Lead, Saves $500,000
Dow Chemical Company Reduces Methanol Emissions by 180,000 pounds in 2Q 2008
Dow Chemical Company Reduces Volatile Organic Compound Emissions by 60 Tons through August 2008
Duncan Enterprises Reduces Lead and Lead Compounds in Raw Materials Used to Produce Ceramic Paint
DuPont’s Titanium Technologies Reduces Dioxin By 63%
DuPont Titanium Technologies Reduces Priority Chemicals at Edge Moor Site
Dura Coat Reduces Lead and PACs at its Huntsville, Alabama Facility
Durand Reduces Lead Used in Paints

E

East Bay Municipal Utility District Eliminates 500 Pounds of Mercury Waste From Local Schools and Colleges
Eastman Kodak Company Reduces Methylene Chloride Emissions by 483,000 Pounds
Embraer Aircraft Holding Recycles Lead and Mercury
Embraer Eliminates Methylene Chloride, Saves $20,000 Annually
Embraer Recycles Spent Fluorescent Bulbs, Replaces with Lower-Mercury Content Bulbs; Recovers and Recycles Cadmium
Embraer Executive Jet Services Recycles Mercury Bulbs and Lead Batteries
Epson Portland, Inc. Takes Mercury Challenge
Exide Technologies Saves $350,000 by Reducing Lead Going to Landfill

F

Federal-Mogul: Boyertown Eliminates Lead and Changes Regulatory Status
Federal-Mogul: Driveline Products Eliminates Over 24,000 Pounds of Lead
Federal-Mogul: Powertrain Systems Reduces Lead and Changes Regulatory Status
Flowserve Corporation Eliminates MEK, Saves $45,000 Annually
Fort Hood Takes the NPEP Mercury Challenge
Fort Hood’s Recycle Program Recycles 32,000 Pounds of Lead Acid Batteries

G

The Gaylord Texan Resort and Convention Center Reduces Mercury through Lamp Recycling and Replacement Program
GE Energy Exceeds Lead Reduction Goal
General Electric Company, Bridgeville Glass Plant Reduces 86,000 Pounds of Lead
General Electric Company’s Circleville Lamp Plant Recovers Lead and Mercury
General Electric Company’s Winchester Lamp Plant Reduces 656,920 Pounds of Lead
General Motors Corporation Recycles Over One Million Pounds of Hazardous Waste
GrafTech’s Specialty Carbon and Graphite Manufacturing Plant Reduces the Amount of TRI Reportable Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds Sent for Off-Site Landfill Disposal

H

Honeywell International Eliminates Five Percent of Nation’s Mercury Use

I

International Truck and Engine Corporation Reduces Lead by 98 Percent

J

Johnson Controls, Inc. Reduces Waste, Saves Money, and Increases Production Rates

K

K&L Microwave, Inc. Reduces Lead and Reduces Reporting Requirements
Kalas Manufacturing, Inc. Eliminates Over 100,000 Pounds of Lead
Koppers, Inc. Follansbee Plant Reduces the Amount of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds and Benzo(ghi)perylene Sent to Landfill

L

Lansing Board of Water and Light Recovers and Recycles 76,884 Pounds of Lead From Lead Service Replacement Program
Luminant Generation Company LLC Removes 319 Pounds of Mercury from Power Plants

M

Madison Industries Saves $139,000 by Reducing Lead
Marathon Recycles Priority Chemicals through On-site Oil Recovery System
Material Sciences Corporation Reduces Naphthalene Through Product Substitution
Merisol Reduces 1.6 Million Pounds of Priority Chemicals
Metro Circuits Eliminates Lead
Micron Technology Puerto Rico, Inc. Reduces Lead by 72%
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribe and the Grand Casino Hinckley Recycles Mercury from Property and Community
Modine Manufacturing Company Ÿ Harrodsburg Saves $111,000 Annually After Eliminating TCE
Moog Components Group Eliminates Lead in Slip Rings
Motiva Enterprises LLC Recovers 13,000 Pounds of Naphthalene

N

NASA Johnson Space Center White Sands Test Facility Recycles Lead Bullets and Fragments
National Grid Reduces Lead, Mercury, and PCBs from Distribution Systems in Northeastern US
National Institutes of Health Reduces Mercury and Improves Sustainability of Laboratory Facility Decommissioning
NEC Electronics Modifies Manufacturing Process, Eliminates Phenol, Dichlorobenzene, and Trimethyl Benzenes
The New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System Recycles Lead-Containing Batteries
Norco Cleaners Recycles 5466 Pounds of Naphthalene
Northrop Grumman: Aerospace Systems Sector Eliminates 12,000 Pounds of Trichlorobenzene from Semiconductor Manufacturing Process

O

Okonite Company, Inc. Eliminates 34,000 Pounds of Phthalate Compounds
Okonite Company, Inc. Eliminates Over 100,000 Pounds of Lead
Okonite Company, Inc. Eliminates Over 41,000 Pounds of Lead
Old Bridge Chemicals Saves $770,896 Annually by Reducing Lead
Oncor Electric Delivery (Oncor) Reduces PCBs Systemwide
Orange & Rockland Removes Transformers Containing More than 2,400 gallons of PCB-contaminated oil
Osram Sylvania Products, Inc: Automotive Lighting Eliminates 20,300 Pounds of Lead

P

Parker Hannifin Eliminates Chromic Acid and Takes the Mercury Challenge
PolyOne Corporation Reduces Lead Use by 14,000 Pounds
Prior Coated Metals Reduces Naphthalene Use By 72%
PSE&G Continues Lead Reduction Efforts
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Removes and Recycles Lead and Mercury
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) Recovers and Recycles Lead
Pull-A-Part, LLC Removes Vehicle Mercury Switches, Recovers and Recycles 104 Pounds of Mercury

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R

R3 Environmental Management, Inc. Collects and Recycles Mercury in Continuing Effort
Raytheon Reduces On-Site Mercury by 46%
Remington Arms Company, Inc. Reduces Lead Sent to Landfill
Rio Grande Electric Cooperative Collects 300 Compact Fluorescent Lamps through Recycling Program
Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center Reduces Mercury
Rubicon LLC Reduces Benzene and Aniline

S

Samsung Reduces Over 50 Pounds of Mercury from Television Production Operation
Sanmina-SCI Reduces Over 13,000 Pounds of Lead
Sentara: Williamsburg Community Hospital Replaces Mercury Sphygmomanometers
Shell Norco Recovers 12 Tons of Lead Previously Sent to Land Disposal
Sheppard Air Force Base Reduces Costs $36,000 Annually Through Product Substitution
Sony Electronics Inc. Recycles Over 34,000 Pounds of Lead
Southern Graphic Systems Inc. Eliminates Lead
State of Nevada Eliminates 1,000 Pounds of Lead by Replacing Wheel Weights
Sylvin Technologies, Inc. Eliminates Over 475,000 Pounds of Lead; Now A Lead-Free Facility

T

Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Makes Schools Safer by Removing 2000 Pounds of Formaldehyde and 200 Pounds of Mercury
Texas Electric Cooperatives/Solomon Recycles Over 3,000 Pounds of Lead
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's Mercury Initiative Program Achieves Removal of over 860 Mercury Manometers, 6800 Pounds of Mercury and Remediation of over 360 Sites Since 2008
Thomas & Betts Eliminates Cadmium and Hex. Chrome from Plating Process
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Eliminates 1,700,000 Pounds of Hazardous Waste

U

UCLA Reduces 28 Pounds of Mercury
Uniseal, Inc. Eliminates 1200 Pounds of Lead
The University of California-Davis Eliminates Lead Wheel Weights from Fleet
University of California San Diego Fleet Services Reduces Lead through Lead Wheel Weight Replacement Program
University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) Reduces Mercury-Containing Equipment Campus Wide
US Navy Completes Installation of Amalgam Separation Equipment in CONUS Navy Dental Treatment Facilities
US Postal Service: Largest Civilian Vehicle Fleet Goes Lead-free
US Postal Service: Michigan Recycle and Reduce Lead and Mercury
US Postal Service: Northeast Area Recycles Lead and Mercury
US Postal Service: Pacific Area Reduces Over 10,000 Pounds of Lead Wheel Weights
US Steel Corporation Reduces Lead and Chromic Acid, Saves $43,000

V

Valero Recovers and Recycles Naphthalene, Saves $891,000
Valero St. Charles Refinery Reduces Mercury Through Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Program
Vishay Intertechnology Reduces and Recycles Lead and Mercury at Niagara Falls Facility

W

Wayne State University Collects E-Waste
West Virginia Bureau of Public Health – Office of Laboratory Services Replaces Mercury Thermometers with Non-Mercury Devices
Wirerope Works, Inc. Eliminates 27,000 Pounds of Lead, Saves $50,000 Annually
Wyandotte High School Takes NPEP Mercury Challenge

X

Xerox Corporation: Webster Reduces Tetrahydrofuran, Saves Over $65,000 Annually
Xerox Corporation Reduces Lead in Circuit Boards by Over 95 Percent

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Z – no entries

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