1995 BNL P2 Award Winners

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DOE-Chicago Operations Office Award Winner

• The BNL Solid Waste Recycling Program

  Project Title:The BNL Solid Waste Recycling Program
  Award Winner: Oscar Blevins and all the BNL Recycling Coordinators
  Project Description:

  The BNL Solid Waste Recycling Program won an award, which was presented at the 1996 DOE Pollution Prevention Conference held in Chicago. BNL was awarded a plaque, with individual certificates for each of the building recycling coordinators. BNL's solid waste recycling program is an aggressive program that has increased the types of materials collected for recycling each year for the past five years. The program is managed by the Plant Engineering Division, with direct management provided by Oscar (Slim) Blevins. The table below shows the progress BNL has made in the area of solid waste recycling.

  Congratulations to all BNL employees for participating in the recycling program!

  Recycled Material	1992	1993	1994	1995
  White/Computer Paper	155 Tons	136 Tons	110 Tons	100 Tons
  Mixed Paper	NA	NA	87 Tons	120 Tons
  Cardboard	21 Tons	81 Tons	164 Tons	85 Tons
  Bottles/Cans	216 Cu Yrd	216 Cu Yrd	306 Cu Yrd	22 Tons
  Tires	9 Tons	21 Tons	7 Tons	11 Tons
  Construction Debris	3597 Cu Yrd	2200 Cu Yrd	2200 Cu Yrd	627 Tons
  Top Soil	NA	NA	NA	8000 Cu Yrd
  Asphalt	NA	NA	NA	20 Tons

  (See Recycling section for more information)

DOE-Chicago Operations Office Award Winner

• Redesign of 197H Acid Cleaing Facility

  Project Title:Redesign of the 197H Acid Cleaning Facility
  Award Winners:Robert Lee (S&EP), Conrad Foerster (NSLS), George Leskody (PE), Christopher Lanni (NSLS), and George Goode (S&EP)
  Project Description:Ultra-high vacuum components must be cleaned to a high degree of cleanliness prior to use in accelerators such as the National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS) located at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). In 1994 BNL initiated a project to replace the existing Acid Cleaning Facility which utilized strong inorganic acids such as nitric and hydrofluoric acid, and bases with a like-in-kind process. Recognizing the occupational and environmental hazards associated with this operation, a pollution prevention opportunity assessment (PPOA) was implemented in 1995 to evaluate replacement of the hazardous process with environmentally preferable cleaning alternatives. The end result was the design of a new cleaning system utilizing mild alkaline and acidic cleaners and ultrasonically agitated tanks to achieve the same degree of cleanliness. The new process eliminates the hazardous waste, safety concerns and hazardous air emissions associated with the harsh acids used in the former process and is more cost effective to operate.

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