Duration
4 Days
Audience
All personnel from the oil industry and allied chemical and process industries.
Objectives
The main outcomes of this course are to enable trainees to develop a clear understanding and greater awareness of the importance of waste minimisation and waste management.
Course Outline
Day 1
- Environmental Threats
- How population and economic (industrialisation) growth has led to current environmental problems
- Governments’ Responses
- Rising levels of legislation:
- EPA / IPC
- IPPC
- Environmental Acts
- Packaging Regulations
- Landfill Tax
- Climate Tax
- General Waste Strategy (Hierarchy)
Day 2
- Waste Minimisation I
- Awareness of the True Cost of Waste
- Inefficiency = Pollution
- Video: Pollution Prevention Pays
Day 3
- Waste Minimisation II
- Simple Site Mass Balance
- Identifying Possible Areas for Savings
- Energy Savings: Techniques, Methods, and Calculations
- Case Studies
- Where Next 2025
Day 4
- Moving from Awareness to Action
- Remedy and Prevention of Pollution
- Site Assessment
- Methods of Analysis
- Remedy Processes
- Additional Case Studies
- Assessments & Certifications