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Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection. Legislation. Environmental Protection Act Pollution Prevention and Control Act Clean Air Act Radio Active Waste Act ( Radioactive Waste Management Case) Controlled Waste Act Dangerous Substances and Preparations and Chemical Regulations.

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Environmental Protection

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  1. Environmental Protection Legislation

  2. Environmental Protection Act • Pollution Prevention and Control Act • Clean Air Act • Radio Active Waste Act (Radioactive Waste Management Case) • Controlled Waste Act • Dangerous Substances and Preparations and Chemical Regulations

  3. Environmental Management SystemsISO 1400 family of systems • ISO 14001 specifies requirements • ISO 14004 provides guidelines

  4. Climate Change Levy • Describe (what it is) • Content • Applications (who it applies to) • Exemptions (who it doesn’t apply to)

  5. 2012 From when it was introduced, the levy was frozen at 0.43p/kWh on electricity, 0.15p/kWh on coal and 0.15p/kWh on gas. In the 2006 budget it was announced that the levy would in future rise annually in line with inflation, starting from 1 April 2007 [1]. With effect from 1 April 2012 the rates are[1]: Research climate change agreement and its benefits

  6. Enhanced Capital Allowance • The Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme enables businesses to claim a 100% first year capital allowance on investments in certain energy saving equipment, against the taxable profits of the period of investment. • Capital allowances enable businesses to write off the capital cost of purchasing new plant or machinery (e.g. boilers, motors), against their taxable profits.

  7. Types and causes of Industrial emissions • Air/ pollution • Noise • Water • Vibration • Light

  8. Safe disposal of waste • Labelling of waste materials • Oils cutting oil, sump oil, etc • Contaminated PPE (personal protective equipment • Radioactive waste • Chemical, dangerous substances, acids adhesives • Refrigeration gases • Workshop waste oily rags swarf,etc • Accidental spillage

  9. Activity • Research waste disposed in • Landfill sites • By recycling • Biological recycling

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