EN27 - Percentage of products sold and their packaging materials that are reclaimed by category

During Calendar year 2006, American Electric Power conducted the following recycling activities: (This information was gathered from multiple sources using various tracking methods and may not be 100% accurate to the number, gallon or pound)

• 1,687,486 pounds of paper and cardboard.  An initiative is currently underway to continue to increase this activity across the system.
• 19,113 pieces (326,993 pounds) of used electronic equipment.
• 525,439 pounds of lead cable and lead acid batteries.
• 153,161 spent light bulbs of various sizes and shapes.
• 889,876 gallons of used oil.
• 2,090 gallons of used antifreeze.
• 8,040 pounds of used oil filters.
• 5,414 gallons of oily water.
• 10,742 gallons of used parts washer solvent.
• 14,564 pounds of used lubricating grease.
• 4,254,000 pounds of spent blasting material.
• 5,600 pounds of kitchen oil.
• 1032 pounds of mercury.

• 5,677,307 pounds of boiler chemical metal cleaning waste

Significant Pollution Prevention Programs by Plant

• Glen Lyn:  Incinerated 100,000 gallons of chemical metal cleaning wastes (CMCW)
• Amos:  Recycled 5600 pounds of kitchen oil
• Fort Phantom:  Recycled 27 pounds of mercury
• Wilkes: Used a wet / process water filtration method to clean and prepare oil storage tank (740,000 gal. capacity) surface for painting.    A few benefits include:
  • Installation of interceptor tank to catch potential oil spills from vents from Units 1-4 fuel oil system
  • Dredged the Units 1-4 boiler slag pond to reduce risk of TSS exceedances
• Wilkes:  Incinerated 183,923 gallons of used mineral oil for energy recovery
• Conesville:  Incinerated 5,577,307 pounds of boiler chemical metal cleaning waste
• Elmwood Marine:  Recycled 4,254,000 pounds of spent blasting material
• Muskingum River:  Installation of permanent skimmer on the Unit 5 Waste Water Pond
• Mountaineer:  Incinerated 7,903 pounds of their hazardous waste for energy recovery (solvents from the stack liner project)
• Cook Plant:  Recycled 2135 Gallons of electrohydraulic control (EHC) fluid
• Dolet Hills:  Recycled 14,654 pounds of lubricating grease
• Kammer / Mitchell:  Recycled 629,240 pounds of spent blasting materials
• Kammer:  Incinerated 300,000 gallons of boiler chemical metal cleaning waste
• Sweeny Plant:  Switched to an oil filter disposal firm that recycles all filters and they are removing all mercury thermostats from the plant
• Breed Plant:  Demolition produced 1,005 pounds of mercury that was recycled