BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY |
FY06
Funded Pollution Prevention Projects |
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Rank |
Project Name |
Directorate, Dept/Div and
POC |
Cost |
Savings |
Payback
(Years) |
Waste Reduction |
1 |
Aerosol Can Disposal System |
Light Source, NSLS (John Aloi) |
$850 |
$1,018.00 |
0.83 |
50 pounds of hazardous waste |
2 |
Replacement
of Mercury Thermometers |
Basic
Energy Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science (Robert
Sabatini) |
$250 |
$2,350.00 |
0.11 |
mercury |
3 |
HPLC
Solvent Recycler |
Life
Sciences, Medical Department (Andrew Gifford) |
$2,675 |
$6,755.00 |
0.40 |
50 liters
Haz waste; 100 man hours |
4 |
Propane Cylinder Devalver |
High Energy Nuclear
Physics, CAD (M. Van Essendelft) |
$953 |
$4,000.00 |
0.24 |
20
cylinders (haz waste) |
5 |
Fluorescently Labeled Oligonucleotides * |
Life
Sciences, Biology (Betsy Sutherland) |
$14,000 |
$43,370.00 |
0.32 |
72 ft3
solid rad waste; 35 gal of mixed waste; 108 gal of haz waste; 324 ft3 of rad
DIS waste |
6 |
Electronic
Recycling |
Procurement
& Property Management (John Collins) |
$3,500 |
TBD |
N/A |
10 tons of
e-waste |
7 |
Oil Free Pumps |
Basic
Energy Sciences, Condensed Matter Physics & Material Science (Robert
Sabatini) |
$6,000 |
$830.00 |
7.23 |
6 liters of
industrial waste |
8 |
Disposal of #6 Fuel Oil * |
EENS
(Yousif Celebi |
$500 |
$4,014.00 |
0.12 |
675 gallons
of #6 fuel oil plus energy recovery |
9 |
Halogen 1211
Fire Extinguisher Substitution * |
Facilities
& Operations, Emergency Services (J. Searing) |
$6,200 |
$4,000.00 |
1.6 |
Reduction of Halogenated Ozone Depleting Substances |
10 |
Electronic Barometer * |
Energy,
Environment & National Security, Energy Sciences & Technology
Department (Victor Cassella) |
$1,800 |
$2,350.00 |
0.77 |
Mercury
Reduction |
11 |
Animal
Bedding Facility Dumpster * |
Life
Sciences, Medical (Ann Emrick) |
$2,000 |
$5,500.00 |
0.36 |
250 ft3 of LLRW |
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TOTAL INVESTED |
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$37,178 |
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TOTAL SAVINGS |
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$74,187 |
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AVERAGE PAYBACK PERIOD |
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0.5 |
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* indicates partial funding of the
project |
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