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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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