American Airlines

Year Submitted: 2006

Process: Haz waste inventory and storage

Industry: Aircraft Maintenance

Wastes Reduced: solvent, parts washer, paint-related

Location: Fort Worth TX

No. of employees: 500

Contact: Bill O'Neil

Phone: 817/224-0343

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• Total Cost Savings: $229,813.00
• Comments: Cost of project $2,000. Weekly inventory man-hours taking up to 2 hours were cut to less than 30 minutes. A significant savings in disposal costs and raw materials purchased. Paint solvent savings on shipping and handling (2000-2005)= $32,506.07 Paint solvent savings of raw product purchased (2000-2005)= $83,348.89 Solid haz savings on shipping and handling (2000-2005)= $33,451.60 Blast media savings on shipping and handling (2000-2005)= $32,930.17 Blast media savings of raw product purchased (2000-2005)= $35,876.55 Savings in inventroy man hours (2000-2005)= $11,700.00 Total Savings (2000-2005)= $229,813.27

Details of Reductions

• 75,014.0 - Pounds of   Paint Solvent
  Comments: Hazardous waste has been reduced by 50% since 2000.

• 51,464.0 - Pounds of   Solid Haz
  

• 51,995.0 - Pounds of   Blast Media
  

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Source: TCEQ