Industrial Pollution and Lean Business.

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One of the biggest polluters for the longest amount of time. Stretching back to the industrial revolution, the manufacturing industry is famed for high carbon output. The Environment Agency meausres pollution released into the environment by industrial sites under the EC Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (IPPC). Operators must measure or make an estimate of the amount of emissions of each controlled substance every year. They must also specify "notifiable" releases in a year. These are where there has been an emergency, mis-management, accident or plant failure which has caused pollutants to be released.

Where the emissions exceed a set threshold for a substance, the operator must report this. If the emission falls below the threshold level this is indicated by “< (less than) threshold value”. From this data we have created an inventory of 170 chemical substances and 65 radioactive substances released into air, water and sewers by sites in England and Wales. You can see this data if you look at the data search pages.

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/37827.aspx

Lean manufacturing is a business model and collection of methods that help eliminate waste while delivering quality products on time and at least cost. Any business interested in finding ways to maximize output can also have a positive effect due to the environmental benefits of lean.

A selection of example situations can be found on how to reduce to become a Lean Business from the American Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Click the link here to read more:

http://www.epa.gov/lean/thinking/summary.htm

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